Transcripts for A Question of Science

The Francis Crick Institute

Science you can trust. Questions that matter. Join Professor Brian Cox and a panel of the world’s top scientists and experts as they tackle your questions about some of the biggest science challenges facing society today. Can we cure cancer? How do you separate nutrition fact from fiction? What do climate change and the march of AI mean for our future? Could we live forever? Each episode is recorded in front of a live audience and it’s their questions that drive the debate…

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How is AI transforming medicine?

2026-10-07 · 43 min

How is AI revolutionising medicine and drug discovery and could it really improve diagnosis and treatment for everyone?  Could the role of doctors and nurses change forever, with AI taking car...

A Question of Science Series 2 - Coming Soon...

2026-05-06 · 1 min

A Question of Science is back - with free tickets to live recordings available now! Join Professor Brian Cox in person and put your questions to a panel of leading scientists and experts on ...

Ancient Egyptian DNA, Cheddar Man and wolves as pets

2026-04-01 · 25 min

Professor Brian Cox takes a deeper dive into the science of ancient DNA, with two experts returning to answer more of your questions. How far can we go back in time using DNA? How accurate i...

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

2026-03-25 · 27 min

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 embr...

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

2026-03-18 · 26 min

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.  Wil...

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

2026-03-11 · 30 min

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 glucos...

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

2026-03-04 · 37 min

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 ...

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

2026-02-25 · 30 min

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 ...

Introducing.... More Questions of Science

2025-12-10 · 2 min

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....

Can We Build A Human?

2025-12-03 · 36 min

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 clone...

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