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A weekly programme that illuminates the mysteries and challenges the controversies behind the science that's changing our world.

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

The BBC brings you all the week's science news.

Science news and highlights of the week

Explorations in the world of science.

Professor Jim Al-Khalili talks to leading scientists about their life and work, finding out what inspires them and asking what their discoveries might do for us in the future.

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

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Science Weekly podcast will now explore some of the crucial scientific questions about Covid-19. Led by its usual hosts Ian Sample, Hannah Devlin and Nicola Davis, as well as the Guardian's health editor Sarah Boseley, we’ll be taking questions – some sent by you – to experts on the frontline of the global outbreak. Send us your questions here: theguardian.com/covid19questions

Programme examining the ideas and forces which shape public policy in Britain and abroad, presented by distinguished writers, journalists and academics.