Physics Interviews

The Tunguska Fireball

Surendra Verma, science writer and author of 'The Tunguska Fireball'

A Water Pump For The Developing World

Tom Smith from Cambridge University

Diagnosing Skin Cancer With Light

Symon Cotton, Astron Clinica, Cambridge

The Physics of Kung Fu

Chris Smith interviews Sam Reay from the Institute of Physics, London

How Smoke Detectors Work

Philippa Law interviews Dr Lucy Green & Dr Bill O'Neill

Fusion: Alternative Energy For The Future ?

Chief Executive of UKAEA, Prof. Chris Llewelyn-Smith Chris - Nuclear power has had a bad press in the past, but people like you think that fusion might hold the key to cleaning up its act.

The Photoelectric Effect

Philippa Law interviews Dr Julian Allwood & Dr Lucy Green

How a Calculator Works

Philippa Law interviews Dr Julian Allwood & Dr Lucy Green

How a Cd Player Works

Philippa Law interviews Dr Lucy Green and Dr Julian Alwood

What Happens When Moss Grows in Space

NASA scientist, Dr. Volker Kern Chris - You've been looking at how plants grow in space. Why?

Is There Life on Mars ?

Astrobiologist Dr Monica Grady Monica - The focus of my work is investigating life on Mars to find out whether it's there. There are other questions we also hope to answer: would life on Mars be the same as that

The Ingredients For Life And Earth-like Planets

Astronomer Dr. Simon Goodwin Simon - In my work we cast the net slightly wider than Mars and look for life outside our solar system. We want to know what life there will be like and whether it is intelligent. The

Huygens Lands on Titan, Saturn's Largest Moon

Prof. John Zarnecki Chris - How does it feel to have reached Titan?

Cyborgs And Upgrading Humans

Dr. Kevin Warwick, University of Reading Chris - You were saying earlier that the whole point of putting implants into humans is to make them better. Do we really need to do that?

Humanising Machines

Professor William Clocksin, Oxford Brookes University Chris - we've been talking about making man more like a machine, but you work on trying to make machines more humanised.

Cassini-huygens Mission To Titan, Saturn's Largest Moon

Prof. John Zarnecki