From Britain’s role in the space race and the future of warfare, to 3D-printed burgers and robots delivering pretzels, Big Ideas Live examined how science and technology is affecting our world.

Presenter Sarah Jane Mee with science and technology editor Tom Clarke

Understanding the food of the future from Redefine Meat

VR dating

Security and defence editor Deborah Haynes with Sally Walker (former GCHQ), Nigel Inkster (former SIS), and Sarah Armstrong-Smith (Microsoft)

Guests enjoy exhibits from Maria Nava (Royal College of Art), Echelon Fitness and Stratasys in the Big Ideas Live Innovation Zone

Lord Martin Rees: “The practical need for sending humans to space is eliminated because robots can do the exploring”

Redefine Meat cooks up a (3D-printed plant-based) storm

Business correspondent Gurpreet Narwan with Eben Upton, CEO, Raspberry Pi

Anti-ageing panel: Tom Clarke with Prof Lynne Cox (Oxford University) and Dr Stephen Cave (Cambridge University)

AR and metaverse art from Tim Fowler and Tiffany Anna Art

3D printed innovation from Stratasys

Meeting the Correspondents: business correspondent Gurpreet Narwan with security and defence editor Deborah Haynes and data & forensics correspondent Tom Cheshire

Science and technology editor Tom Clarke with Daniel Korski (Public), former Government Chief Science Adviser Mark Walport and Zoe McDougall (Oxford Nanopore)

Tom Cheshire with former Google engineer Blake Lemoine

Rowland Manthorpe with Dex Hunter-Torricke (Meta Oversight Board)

An audience member asks a question

How digital investigations help uncover the truth โ Adam Parker and Sanya Burgess (Sky News Digital & Forensics Unit)

Oxford Nanopore innovation being shared with the audience

Rowland Manthorpe with Chris Kelly (former Meta), Amber Ghaddar (Web3 entrepreneur) and Cory Doctorow (blogger, writer)

Science correspondent Thomas Moore with Mike Moses (Virgin Galactic), Nicole Stott (astronaut) Melissa Thorpe (Spaceport Cornwall), and Lord Martin Rees (Astronomer Royal)

Spot the Dog says goodbye