Interviews about History

Chris travelled back in time with Sabine Clarke and James Sumner to find out how the people of 17th century York coped...

Every year, the British Association for the Advancement of Science, the BA, hold a festival. They go to a different...

We spoke to Professor Paul Halpern, author of "What's Science Ever Done for Us?: What the Simpsons Can Teach...

We spoke to Professor Paul Halpern, author of "What's Science Ever Done for Us?: What the Simpsons Can Teach...

This week, Chelsea finds evidence that Mexican food may not have changed much in hundreds of years, while Bob explores...

Here’s a puzzle that science has yet to solve; it’s something we all do, it’s contagious and even animals are affected...

We sent Ben Valsler to visit the newly opened Wellcome Collection in London, a place where science and art go hand in...

Joel Veitch of Rathergood.com with his suggestion for measuring risk using the unit the 'Curtain'.

Dr Hazel Wilkinson tells Sabina Michnowicz how she used her plant identification skills and a book of spells to help...

Dr Andrew Smith tells us why primates have evolved the ability to see in three colours - and how this could have helped...

Jonathan Shanklin was part of the team from the British Antarctic Survey who first discovered the hole in the ozone...

Turi King talks about how she found African ancestry in Yorkshiremen, and about how your Y-chromosome type can predict...

The life of ancient Peruvian settlers as revealed by archaeological excavations

Colin Humphreys details his theories about what the star of Bethlehem really was and when it could have appeared.

Where do accents come from?

The Naked Scientists spoke to Chelsea Wald and Bob Hirshon from AAAS, the Science Society

The Naked Scientists spoke to Professor Clive Finlayson, Gibraltar Museum

The Naked Scientists spoke to Dr Harriet Allen, University of Cambridge

The Naked Scientists spoke to Dr Nick Brooks, University of East Anglia

The Naked Scientists spoke to Dr Lawrence Owens, Birkbeck College, University of London

The Naked Scientists spoke to Dr Mark Skousen, eighth generation descendent of Benjamin Franklin

The Naked Scientists spoke to Dr Simon Rainville from Laval University, Canada

The Naked Scientists spoke to Professor Jim Clark, George Washington University

The Naked Scientists spoke to Professor Peter Austin, School of Oriental and African Studies, London