Rethinking sex, artificial wombs and how to up your sperm count

Professor Brian Cox takes a deeper dive into the science of fertility, with a panel of returning experts answering more of your questions.  Should we sequence the DNA of embryos and use A.I. to choose which to implant? Are ultra-processed foods and microplastics really effecting fertility? And wi…

Decarbonising flying, cleaning up A.I. and the personal cost of climate change

Professor Brian Cox takes a deeper dive into the science of global warming and how society should adapt, with two experts returning to answer more of your questions.  Will new green technologies really help us reach net zero? What is solar forcing? Which regions of the planet will become uninhabit…

Cancer vaccines, tumour-killing cells and does fasting work as a treatment?   

Professor Brian Cox takes a deeper dive into the science of cancer, with a panel of returning experts answering more of your questions. Do tumours communicate with the brain, is glucose carcinogenic and could our immune system’s natural killer cells be used to combat cancer?

Ultra processed foods, weight loss jabs and why don’t we eat enough fibre?

Professor Brian Cox takes a deeper dive into the science of nutrition, with a panel of returning experts answering more of your questions.   What is food noise, what is the impact of artificial sweeteners on the gut and why do many women turn from a pear to an apple shape during menopause? 

Longevity by luck, vaccines for dementia and how fame ages you

Professor Brian Cox takes a deeper dive into the science of ageing, with two experts returning to answer more of your questions. How do men and women age differently? Why is it healthy to forget things? What’s the latest research on regenerating old cells?

Introducing.... More Questions of Science

Introducing More Questions of Science – bite-size episodes where we revisit some of the biggest ideas from the first 12 episodes of the series and take the conversation even further. Professor Brian Cox will be in his home studio, catching up with some of the expert panellists from earlier in the …

Can We Build A Human?

Professor Brian Cox and our expert panel explore the frontier of human bioengineering and building, replacing, and enhancing our bodies.   Will we ever have bionic brains and cloned humans? Is there a danger of science fiction getting too close for comfort?    From mechanical implants to lab-grow…

What is consciousness?

Professor Brian Cox and an expert panel explore the elusive science of consciousness – what it is, how it arises, whether it can be observed in the brain, and the most compelling theories explaining it.  In a deep, often mind-bending discussion, the panel tackles the many ways of interpreting cons…

Can We Trust The Science Of Nutrition?

Professor Brian Cox and our expert panel dive into the complex world of diet, nutrition and food choices.  With new probiotic and high-protein products appearing on supermarket shelves every day and conflicting nutritional advice coming from every direction, it’s difficult to cut through the noise…

Can We Repair The Ageing Brain?

Professor Brian Cox and our expert panel explore the science of Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and other conditions that cause dementia. More than 55 million people around the world are living with dementia, with the number set to rise in ageing populations. How close are we to effective, affordable tre…