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  • July 2009

    • BBC presenter Jimmy Doherty applies science to farming.
    • Everything you want to know about the end of your life.
    • How to spot whether you're addicted to the internet.

  • June 2009

    • Boy racer cum Science Minister Paul Drayson.
    • The robots taking over on the battlefield.
    • How to survive the digital switchover.

  • May 2009

    • The physicist who's also a priest.
    • The real threat from bioterrorism.
    • We check out the new batch of electric cars.

  • April 2009

    • Focus finds out how to dodge asteroids - and gets insurance in case one hits.
    • How to print your own organs.
    • Google takes on the other knowledge heavyweights - Microsoft and your Dad.

  • March 2009

    • Why the space station is playing dodgeball with orbiting junk.
    • Madcap ways to save Earth from climate catastrophe.
    • How to hack YouTube.

  • February 2009

    • Richard Dawkins on arguments with creationists.
    • How to get the perfect iHome.
    • Anger management – with sledgehammers.

  • January 2009

    • Award-winning science fiction author Ken MacLeod on the ultimate space safari.
    • The science of shopping.
    • How to stream live video.

  • December 2008

    • Actor Andy Serkis, aka Gollum, on motion-capture tech.
    • The secret of success.
    • The boys get behind the wheel to test out one of the best sat navs.

  • November 2008

    • The car you'll be driving in 2030.
    • Mini-laptops on test.
    • The truth about Hollywood science.

  • October 2008

    • Philippe Cousteau Jr on visiting his grandfather's submersible garage.
    • Inside the mind of a gang member.
    • NASA's most dangerous shuttle mission ever.

  • September 2008

    • TV presenter Danny Wallace asks why he hasn't got a personal robot yet.
    • The nuclear detectives are on the polonium trail.
    • Discover why refs get it wrong.

  • August 2008

    • Robert Matthews investigates the origins of our universe.
    • Controlling the car using just the power of your mind.
    • The boys are down the pub to pit an elephant against a shark.

  • Summer Special 2008

    • Focus joins the search for the holy grail of particle physics – the Higgs Boson particle.
    • Ian Taylor investigates the science of interrogation and reveals why techniques such as waterboarding and sensory deprivation don’t really work.
    • Andy Ridgeway gets his DNA decoded and explores the age of genetic diagnosis.

  • July 2008

    • What would happen to earth if the entire human population disappeared over night? Dr Stephen Baxter predicts.
    • Does homeopathic medicine really work? Former physicist Simon Singh tries acupuncture.
    • Discover the truth about sex in space.

  • June 2008

    • Imagine a building over 800 metres tall. Focus investigates the future of the ‘Superscraper.’
    • Online poker is the new craze, but is winning all just down to luck? Paul Parsons speaks to a Poker Pro.
    • Focus takes a look at the Ministry of Defence’s secret lab.

  • May 2008

    • Where does our universe really end? Paul Parsons finds out that scientists have suggested many answers.
    • Find out why males could be a dying breed.
    • Focus discovers why, when scientists get it wrong the consequences could be disastrous.

  • April 2008

    • Andy Ridgeway speaks to comedian Bill Bailey about the Museum of Curiosity.
    • Who’s watching your virtual character in cyber space?
    • The boys have fun with best April fools gadgets around.

  • March 2008

    • Physicist Brian Cox tells Focus what's wrong with gravity.
    • Pushing the human body to its physical extremes.
    • The Focus team take a look at the weirdest syndromes out there.

  • February 2008

    • Saba Douglas-Hamilton talks about her new series Unknown Africa.
    • Robert Matthews explains why diamonds aren’t forever.
    • The Focus team discuss whether planet earth is alone in the dark?

  • January 2008

    • Astronomer Nigel Henbest on the ancient cultures that drew inspiration from the skies.
    • Robert Matthews investigates why depression is sweeping the nation.
    • Focus chat about the crazy scales that rate everything from pain to poo.

  • December 2007

    • Arthur C Clarke talks about the possibility of extra terrestrial life.
    • The science behind Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy.
    • Remote controlled toys you don’t want to go without this Christmas.

  • November 2007

    • Controversial geneticist Craig Venter on creating synthetic organisms.
    • Egyptologist Zahi Haawas tells Focus why he didn’t shave whilst excavation Tutankhamun’s tomb.
    • The Focus team have fun testing waterproof coats to destruction.

  • October 2007

    • Top Gear’s James May tells Focus what is like to drive the Bugatti Veyron.
    • Robert Matthews talks about why radiation could be good for you.
    • Psychologist Stephen Pinkner explains our fascination with the F word.

  • Autumn Special 2007

    • Quantum computers could exploit the sub-atomic world to reach ultra fast speeds.
    • Luis Villazon explains the macabre science of execution.
    • Astrophysicist Stuart Clarke discusses whether another world could really be out there.

  • September 2007

    • Griff Rhys-Jones talks about his new BBC series on mountains.
    • Is our universe one of many?
    • Focus takes a look at the prospect of war in cyber space.

  • August 2007

    • Focus looks back to the days when Britain had it’s own Space program.
    • Physicist, mathematician and futurologist Freeman Dyson reveals his radical thoughts on climate change.
    • The Focus team put BBQ’s to the test.

  • July 2007

    • World famous evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins talks about his controversial best seller God Delusion.
    • Science fiction’s Stephen Baxter talks about humanity’s ultimate migration to the stars.
    • Focus’s Ian Taylor reveals how to survive an attack from a wild animal.

  • June 2007

    • The Focus team hear how to commit the perfect murder.
    • Find out why genetics genius Steve Jones once broke someone’s nose.
    • Why did the Focus team come to blows?
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