Interviews about History

A hoard of science-hungry academic luminaries join the Naked Scientists to celebrate Christmas

We round off Christmas 2016 with a final rendition of A Partridge in a Pear Tree...

How can we ensure that minority backgrounds are fairly represented in science?

Fossil footprints reveal that some of our human-like ancestors could have been taller than we thought.

Would aliens necessarily have DNA, like we do?

Driverless cars could change the world- but what legal and ethical challenges do they bring with them?

Indira Raman offers her perspective on being a scientist who is a woman...

What do you study when researching skeletons that span millions of years?

The earliest stone tools were assumed to have been intentionally made by our pre-human ancestors but maybe there's...

Could the discovery of fire have been the cause of man's big brain?

Is the ability to believe in ritual and religion proof of a higher form of intelligence? Possibly not if Lee's...

Is our obsession with social networks and relationships the one thing that makes us special?

Roswell High, Area 51 and Redndlesham Forest - all are places were aliens have been reported...

...but if we can't travel to them, will the discovery be all that profound?

We face our fears and head into the dark to find out when it all began...

There are many reasons to be reducing excess lighting. But is it feasible to roll out over large areas?

Could a bunch of computer programmers be the answer to the illegal wildlife trade?

How did the hospital become an integral part of society?

Fragments of ancient proteins are preserved in ostrich eggshells...

A new genetic test may allow us to start treating heart disease years before any symptoms emerge.

Think you know what the dinosaurs looked like? Think again!

Is it nature or nuture that determines our grades?

When it comes to exams, who decides what needs to be tested and how?

How much scientific research actually gets in to education policy?