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5 Live's science podcast, featuring Dr Chris and Naked Scientists with the hottest science news stories and analysis.

Artificial Intelligence has suddenly gone from the fringes of science to being everywhere. So how did we get here? And where's this all heading? In this new series of Science Friction, we're finding out.

Brian Cox and Robin Ince host a witty, irreverent look at the world through scientists' eyes.

Unseeable forces control human behavior and shape our ideas, beliefs, and assumptions. Invisibilia—Latin for invisible things—fuses narrative storytelling with science that will make you see your own life differently.

Flash Forward is a show about possible (and not so possible) future scenarios. What would the warranty on a sex robot look like? How would diplomacy work if we couldn’t lie? Could there ever be a fecal transplant black market? (Complicated, it wouldn’t, and yes, respectively, in case you’re curious.) Hosted and produced by award winning science journalist Rose Eveleth, each episode combines audio drama and journalism to go deep on potential tomorrows, and uncovers what those futures might re ...

Reflections from a faith perspective on issues and people in the news.

We take your questions about life, Earth and the universe to researchers hunting for answers at the frontiers of knowledge.

Tim Harford and the More or Less team try to make sense of the statistics which surround us. From BBC Radio 4