The Francis Crick Institute

03/12/2025

Could we build a human from scratch?

Join our expert panellists Robin Lovell-Badge, George Malliaras, Mark Po***ck and Madeline Lancaster as they answer audience questions about lab grown organs, brain implants and synthetic DNA.

Listen now on your favourite podcast platform: https://lnk.to/AQOSBioengineeringFB

A Question of Science is a BBC Studios production for the Francis Crick Institute.

02/12/2025

Professor Brian Cox and expert guests will take a deeper dive into some of the subjects we covered in first 12 discussions, from curing cancer to climate adaptation and nutrition science.

Are you still curious about the links between air pollution and cancer? Do you wonder what science can tell us about surviving in a warming world? Are you looking for answers on the ageing process?

Write to the team with more of your questions: aquestionofscience@bbc.co.uk

28/11/2025

Last night we held our annual Crick Awards ceremony, presented by our Director Edith Heard, COO Claire Hook and guest host Bobby Seagull to celebrate the amazing people behind everything we do here (Image 1).

Here are this year’s winners:

Image 2: The science achievement award winners were Borzo Gharibi, Bishara Marzook, Paola Peinado Fernandez, Marco Stazi, Claudio Ballabio, Carles Bosch Pinol, Christopher Chan Jin Jie, Jake Cornwall Scoones and Samson Glaser.

Image 3: The award for supporting our world class science went to Robert Moore.

Image 4: The award for contributing to our world class science went to the Viral Vector Core team.

Image 5: The award for creative collaboration went to the MANIFEST team.

Image 6: The award for supporting future leaders went to Adrian Hayday.

Image 7: The award for contributing to an inclusive culture went to Caroline Ransom.

Image 8: The award for engaging and inspiring the public went to This Is For Me – This Is For Science.

Image 9: The award for reducing, refining or replacing the use of animals in research went to Jakson Luk.

Image 10: The award for unsung hero went to Tapoka Mkandawire.

Thanks to Muted Affair for their musical performance, and to the judges, nominees and organisers for making the evening such a great success.

26/11/2025

What can science tell us about consciousness?

Join our expert panellists Anil Seth, Steve Fleming, Katharina Schmack and Alex O'Connor as they answer audience questions about the nature of consciousness.

Listen now on your favourite podcast platform: https://lnk.to/AQOSConsciousnessFB

A Question of Science is a BBC Studios production for the Francis Crick Institute.

19/11/2025

Why do bad foods taste so good?

Join our expert panellists Giles Yeo, Christina Vogel, Nita Forouhi and Saliha Mahmood Ahmed as they answer audience questions about nutrition.

Listen now on your favourite podcast platform: https://lnk.to/AQOSNutritionFB
A Question of Science is a BBC Studios production for the Francis Crick Institute.

13/11/2025

We welcome anyone interested in HIV research to join our free annual event marking World AIDS Day.

We’ll hear from expert speakers including Julie Fox, Kevin McKenna and Robin Shattock as they discuss HIV research, clinical trials, policy and activism.

📅 Tuesday 2 December
🕜 17:00-20:30

Join us Tue 2 Dec for World AIDS Day. A warm welcome to all — public, researchers, clinicians & anyone curious about HIV/AIDS & science.

12/11/2025

Why is it so difficult to understand and treat the diseases that cause dementia?

Join our expert panellists Sonia Gandhi, Bart de Strooper, Rory Cellan-Jones and Julie Williams as they answer audience questions about Alzheimer's disease, dementia and the ageing brain.

Listen now on your favourite podcast platform: https://lnk.to/AQOSDementiaFB

A Question of Science is a BBC Studios production for the Francis Crick Institute.

05/11/2025

Egg freezing, fertility tech and why ovulation is like the Hunger Games.

Join our expert panellists Gunes Taylor, Joyce Harper, Lucy van de Wiel and Naomi Moris as they answer audience questions about the future of fertility.

Listen now on your favourite podcast platform: https://lnk.to/AQOSFertilityFB

A Question of Science is a BBC Studios production for the Francis Crick Institute.

29/10/2025

NEW EPISODE: Who owns space?

Join our expert panellists Carly Howett, Jill Stuart, Helen Sharman and Sanjeev Gupta as they answer audience questions about the laws, politics and ethics of outer space travel.

Listen now on your favourite podcast platform: www.lnk.to/AQOSSpaceFB

A Question of Science is a BBC Studios production for the Francis Crick Institute.

We are a biomedical discovery institute dedicated to understanding the biology underlying health and disease.

24/10/2025

Looking for fun science activities you can do with kids to keep their brains engaged this half term?

We’ve created an entire website full of activities, videos and quizzes for young people to spark excitement about science.

The activities are designed to be done at home or at school, and use materials that are easily found around the house or at your local shops.

🔗 https://kids.crick.ac.uk/experiment

22/10/2025

NEW EPISODE: Who are our ancestors and why does it matter?

Join our expert panellists Pooja Swali, Pontus Skoglund, Adam Rutherford and Tom Booth as they answer audience questions about ancient DNA.

Listen now on your favourite podcast platform: https://lnk.to/AQOSAncientDNAFB

A Question of Science is a BBC Studios production for the Francis Crick Institute.

15/10/2025

NEW EPISODE: Will we survive climate change?

Join our expert panellists Myles Allen, Kathryn Brown, Hayley Fowler and George Monbiot as they answer audience questions about how to curb rising global temperatures and what life could be like in a warmer world.

Listen now on your favourite podcast platform: https://www.lnk.to/AQOSClimateFB

A Question of Science is a BBC Studios production for the Francis Crick Institute.