Interviews about History

A new scientific journal is being launched this week in Cambridge. We hear how it differs to existing journals and why...

Humans enter our story of the history of the oceans

Giant reptiles cruised the oceans in the Mesozoic

3 billion years later, signs of complex life in the oceans begins to emerge

The story of the oceans begins 3.5 billion years ago with living rocks that made the earth habitable.

Cows milk is a remarkable food – not only for drinking, but for cheese and butter, yoghurt and cream. So when did we...

An abandoned Arctic settlement, called Nunalek, has been uncovered in West Alaska...

Low-level exposure to chemicals that are the byproduct of industrial and household processes could be damaging our...

We delve into the history of Mars exploration, finding out why the Red Planet has captured our imagination, and...

World War Two saw huge developments in aero engines, from the Merlin that powered the Hurricanes and Spitfires deployed...

Back in time now almost 50,000 years to the final days of the Neanderthals and the rise of modern man. Research has...

Is science education up to scratch? Universities have complained that the A-Level curriculum doesn't prepare...

One of the most fundamental questions about how life began in the first place must be answered here on Earth. We...

We've been scanning the skies for evidence of intelligence for over 50 years, to find out how, we're joined...

They've looked at the mummy of a 16th century Korean child and manage to not only extract preserved organ tissue...

A new test to predict the pathology of a virus, ice sheet instability in Antarctica, the rewarding feeling of talking...

Espen Knutsen is reassembling the remains of ancient pleiosaurs.

A new drug target for baldness, searching for early human settlements from space, a new way to fight altitude sickness...

Robert Massey returns with a roundup of news from the Royal Astronomical Society. This month; The history of...