Interviews about History

Most of us know we need antivirus software on our PCs, but what about our phones? Why do we need to protect them and...

What makes some violins sound better than others? To find out, physicists have subjected hundreds of the instruments to...

How does our intestinal microbial spectrum compare with what lived in our ancestors' intestines?

Punishments like prison don't deter psychopaths from re-offending, and new research reveals this is down to the...

2015 marks the 50th anniversary of Winston Churchill's death, and the Science Museum in London has launched a new...

Pet dogs living with humans have infected African lions with distemper virus, while people are putting pumas off their...

Roman scrolls burned and buried two thousand years ago when Mount Vesuvius erupted are being read successfully by...

The story of an ambitious fruit stall boy who travelled the world, worked in brain surgery and then came home to India...

Inaccurate perceptions of science subjects could be putting women off pursuing STEM subjects, according to a new study...

Tim Bussey, professor, budding rock star and performer explains how he's addressing scientific gender inequality...

There have been a number of mass-extinctions previously on Earth. Is another one on the cards? And if so, could...

250 million years ago, life on Earth looked very different, both in the sea and on land. What wiped these strange...

65 million years ago, dinosaurs ruled the Earth, until suddenly they all vanished off the planet forever. What killed...

Giant marsupials used to roam Australia, but when humans arrived 60 000 years ago, they suddenly became extinct. Did...

Do you believe the hype? Universities guilty of 'sexing up' science, leading to a saturation of media...

When we speak to our dogs, is anything going on behind those puppy-dog eyes?

A man went to the doctors complaining of a headache, strange smell sensations and fits. A worm in his brain was to...

We hear from someone in a new treatment clinic in Sierra Leone, lending their hand to the fight against Ebola.

UK University energy bills are more than £400 million per year. Cambridge University is running 'Switch off Week...

Deborah Hyde examines our fascination with vampires and werewolves, and where the ideas came from...

Were the Victorians as severe on children as we believe? What did they think was in a child's brain? And what...

Powered by fatbergs, a new super sewer, will stop sewage polluting the River Thames...

The latest Nobel prizes have been announced, but who won them and what for?

A set of 149 papers that were retracted due to misconduct had been funded to the tune of $58m by the NIH.