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Interviews about History
Interviews on archaeology, anthropology, palaeoanthropology and the history of science...
14 July 2015
EDSAC is one of the mos important computers in British history, and is currently being recreated in a Cambridge garage...
07 July 2015
It’s not just embarrassment or blushing that makes a lady redden: women also become subtly redder when they are...
07 July 2015
People who inherit the same versions of certain genes from their mum and their dad are likely to be shorter and do less...
07 July 2015
The Royal Society in London comes alive with a week-long exhibition showcasing the very latest in cutting edge...
26 June 2015
Humans have been measuring time for centuries - but how have we got from sundials to atomic clocks?
26 June 2015
Finally, scientists have a complete picture of what one of nature's weirdest creatures looked like...
22 June 2015
The Great Fire burned for 4 days and destroyed 13,000 houses. We investigate how it started, why it spread, and how...
22 June 2015
In the 16th Century, it was believed that bad smells carried the plague, and this led to some weird and wonderful...
09 June 2015
Before we started transfusion, we had rather a different approach to blood based treatment...
02 June 2015
Robots are being given 'simulated childhoods' so they become 'unbreakable' when out on a mission.
11 May 2015
What does a study of 50 years of rock and pop reveal about the way music has evolved in half a Century?
04 May 2015
Millions of people live close to volcanoes, but what danger are they in, and are there any long term health effects...
27 April 2015
The panelists talk about their favourite games, whether games can change your brain, and the dawn of eSports.
27 April 2015
Can technology from video games be used outside the entertainment industry?
14 April 2015
Palaeo-anthropologists in South Africa are inviting tourists to watch them at work excavating a new species of human...
14 April 2015
Cryonics is the preservation of people at low temperatures, with the aim of resuscitating them in the future. So how...
11 April 2015
Different parts of the UK harbour their own distinctive genetic flavour and revealing where some of these groups...
07 April 2015
Easter Island is one of the most isolated places on Earth and the statues stand at over 40 feet, but how did they get...
24 March 2015
Where did the UK population come from? A new study reveals that the Romans didn't fancy Brits, and some counties...
13 March 2015
Light continues to perplex scientists today, so we take a look back in history to try and understand what it is...
09 March 2015
Sniffing our hand after a handshake may allow us to detect chemical signals produced by others
09 March 2015
The earliest evidence of our genus, Homo, has been unearthed in Ethiopia...