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 a huge range of topics.

We’ll be exploring how A.I. is changing medicine, what’s really happening inside the teenage brain, how can science help save our oceans, beat superbugs, tackle addiction, and what elite sport science can teach us about human strength and endurance.

The series is being recorded in June and July at the Francis Crick Institute in London, one of the world’s leading centres for biomedical research.

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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 is ancient DNA when it comes to understanding our past? Why was diversity in DNA vital for the survival of early humans? Do we really share 60% of our genetic code with bananas?

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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 will new technologies mean humans could one day reproduce like squid?

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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 uninhabitable and when?

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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?

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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?

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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?

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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 series. Together, they’ll tackle your follow-up questions, explore new angles and go deeper into the topics that sparked your curiosity.

And because science never stops, we’ll also bring you the latest breakthroughs, discoveries and developments.

Send your follow up questions on cancer, fertility, ageing, ancient DNA, climate change and nutrition to the team: aquestionofscience@bbc.co.uk

More Questions of Science arrives on YouTube and podcast platforms in early 2026.

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