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BBC Focus Magazine - February 2012

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Kitty Ferguson on Stephen Hawking; The co-creator of BBC One's Sherlock on the science of deduction; And the Kindle Fire in the spotlight.

BBC Focus Magazine - January 2012

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Susan Greenfield on how technology could be changing the brain; Mark Post on making synthetic meat; And the Focus team discuss fitness gadgets.

BBC Focus Magazine - December 2011

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Physics professor Lisa Randall answers questions about the Universe; Mark Surman from Mozilla on how to tell stories on the world wide web; And the Focus team discuss what they want for Christmas.

BBC Focus Magazine - November 2011

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Hollywood film maker Andrew Niccol on staying forever young; Steven Pinker on the decline of violence; The new iPhone 4S.

BBC Focus Magazine - October 2011

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Physicist Jim Al-Khalili on his science heroes; Copying volcanic eruptions to combat climate change; Set-top boxes that connect to the world wide web.

BBC Focus Magazine - September 2011

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The head of the UK space agency on whether we could launch spacecraft from our shores; Gadget of the month; BBC Click radio presenter Gareth Mitchell answers your questions.

BBC Focus Magazine - August 2011

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Neutron research at the ILL nuclear reactor; Dallas Campbell's top moments from the new series of Bang Goes the Theory; BBC Click radio presenter Gareth Mitchell answers your questions.

BBC Focus Magazine - Summer 2011

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Theoretical physicist and author Michio Kaku on our lives in 2050 and BBC Click radio presenter Gareth Mitchell answers your questions.

BBC Focus Magazine - July 2011

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Bestselling author Jon Ronson talks about his new book The Psychopath Test; How to prevent the next disaster; And the verdict on which ultra-thin laptop to buy.

BBC Focus Magazine - May 2011

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Bill McGuire on why the Japan earthquake was so devastating; The verdict on whether it's worth buying the iPad 2; And the worst things that could happen to you in space.

BBC Focus Magazine - April 2011

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Brian Cox on his new series Wonders of the Universe; The big question: are we still evolving? And the verdict on the Nintendo 3DS.

BBC Focus Magazine - March 2011

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The rocket scientist creating the world's fastest car; The murderers who unwittingly kill in their sleep; And our pick of the hottest gadgets for 2011.

BBC Focus Magazine - February 2011

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What makes us rebel; The escalating cyberarms race; And the king of the tablet computers revealed.

BBC Focus Magazine - January 2011

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Special effects guru Chris Corbould; Why it's good to be dirty; Gadgets to help keep your New Year's resolutions.

BBC Focus Magazine - December 2010

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Lewis Dartnell on finding ET; Mega-Waves 30m-high walls of water; And the lowdown on the no-hands XBox Kinect.

BBC Focus Magazine - November 2010

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Nic Radford on building Robonaut; How your brain has evolved to be deceived; And the best whizz-bang fireworks.

BBC Focus Magazine - October 2010

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UFO hunter Peter Davenport; Why we are all 21st century addicts; And brain powered games.

BBC Focus Magazine - September 2010

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Modern-day spy tech; In search of the 'genius gene'; And the new Amazon Kindle.

BBC Focus Magazine - August 2010

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Geneticist George Church on synthetic life; How to fake a masterpiece; And the boys play with remote-controlled toys.

BBC Focus Magazine - Summer 2010

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New 'UK Digital Champion' Martha Lane Fox; The asteroid sample mission returning to Earth; And is it worth getting a 3D TV?

BBC Focus Magazine - July 2010

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The Gadget Show's Jason Bradbury; The science of fear; The new world of augmented reality; And the best electric bikes out there.

BBC Focus Magazine - June 2010

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Meet the creator of the Avatar Na'vi language; The weird worlds out there in the cosmos; The world's fastest man on four wheels; And kit for the World Cup Season.

BBC Focus Magazine - May 2010

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How to use maths to bet big and win; Cutting-edge forensic techniques to catch crooks; A real-life Iron Man; And Macs take on PC's.

BBC Focus Magazine - April 2010

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Science fiction author Stephen Baxter on terraforming; How to spot a liar; And the quirkiest office gadgets out there.

BBC Focus Magazine - March 2010

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The new robots that hunt in packs; Busting the world's biggest myths; Andy takes a hammer to J's iPhone.

BBC Focus Magazine - February 2010

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We reveal the ultimate sights to see in the solar system; Cloud computing explained; Does the iPhone beat the SmartPhone contenders?

BBC Focus Magazine - January 2010

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Robert Matthews looks at earth's fate when the solar system dies; Why your name spells how successful you are; The e-reader that beats the Amazon Kindle.

BBC Focus Magazine - December 2009

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An exclusive interview with aerospace engineer Burt Rutan; We bust some climate change myths; We test out some cool techno musical instruments.

BBC Focus Magazine - November 2009

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An exclusive interview with David Attenborough; The gory details of forensic science; What would really happen if the world was about to end?

BBC Focus Magazine - October 2009

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The scientists making the impossible possible; Food facts for hungry minds; The world's most fearsome beasts.

BBC Focus Magazine - September 2009

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How to negotiate a hostage release; What we will do when there are 9 billion of us on earth; Find out what the next Facebook is.

BBC Focus Magazine - August 2009

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Liz Bonnin discusses the new science show Bang Goes The Theory; The storm that's brewing in the cosmos; Why Sod's Law can't be proved.

BBC Focus Magazine - Summer 2009

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Astronomy guru Patrick Moore remembers the historic first Moon landing; The next big step for mankind; Get kitted out with the best gear for the festival season.

BBC Focus Magazine - July 2009

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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.

BBC Focus Magazine - June 2009

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

BBC Focus Magazine - May 2009

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

BBC Focus Magazine - April 2009

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 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.

BBC Focus Magazine - Vodcast Destruction Therapy

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BBC Focus Magazine takes a destructive approach to anger management issues.

BBC Focus Magazine - March 2009

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

BBC Focus Magazine - February 2009

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

BBC Focus Magazine - January 2009

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

BBC Focus Magazine - December 2008

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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.

BBC Focus Magazine - November 2008

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

BBC Focus Magazine - October 2008

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

BBC Focus Magazine - September 2008

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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.

BBC Focus Magazine - August 2008

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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.

BBC Focus Magazine - Summer Special 2008

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Focus joins the search for the Higgs Boson particle; Ian Taylor investigates the science of interrogation; Andy Ridgeway gets his DNA decoded and explores the age of genetic diagnosis.

BBC Focus Magazine - July 2008

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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.

BBC Focus Magazine - May 2008

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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.

BBC Focus Magazine - April 2008

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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.

BBC Focus Magazine - March 2008

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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.

BBC Focus Magazine - February 2008

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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?

BBC Focus Magazine - January 2008

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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.

BBC Focus Magazine - December 2007

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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.