Interviews about History

Our panel of experts are tested on how well they know recent science news stories we've covered.

Familiarity with plant-based diets pre-dates farming in the Balkans...

The story of the lost vessel, which was recently found on the Antarctic sea floor…

We now have a new and more specific time-scale for knowing when the meteor wipes out the dinosaurs.

How well do you know women in science?

We test our scientists on their knowledge of all things new through this nifty quiz...

We love our furry companions, but how long have pups been part of our pack?

Past outbreaks of coronaviruses where used to direct the initial search.

Uncover the news behind the latest fossil discovery from the humble UK town of Rutland...

Tracing the history of this remarkable medical breakthrough.

The Sword of Damascus is said to be unbreakable thanks to the power of nanotechnology. How is this possible?

Evidence that Europeans brought new diseases to the Americas...

The seasons are changing, so we're quizzing our experts with questions about change

A maths tablet dating back to 1900 BCE depicts 'Pythagorean triples' a millennium before Pythagoras'...

The exhibition has changed somewhat since the 1660s...

Test yourself against our scientific head-scratchers! How do you compare to our panel?

Archaeological digs in Cambridge reveal that the wealthy regularly got bunions from wearing pointy-toed shoes

Can we learn useful lessons about COVID vaccine hesitancy from historical vaccine hesitancy?

What has the Sun meant to us over milennia?

Another delicious and popular food made by fermentation - cheese!

Quorn is single cell protein that makes a good meat substitute; so where did it come from?

Multi-million art sales, financial misconduct, Facebook money... and are we in a cryptocurrency bubble?

Bitcoin is the oldest and biggest cryptocurrency. Its underlying technologies come from unexpected places...

The Los Angeles Times have revealed multiple genealogy platforms used - secretly - to catch a killer...