Interviews about Medicine

This year's Ignobel winner discusses his work about human cannibalism...

Why do we have a different flu vaccine every year?

And when were the first flu vaccines available in history?

How does the flu virus make us ill?

The Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918 was one of the deadliest disease outbreaks in human history

Better understanding our tissues' circadian rhythms could help make medicines more effective...

Can migratory species perceive magnetic fields, and use them to navigate?

Scientists in South Africa have made socks designed to protect against malaria...

How do viruses manipulate cellular machinery?

We had a quiz for our brainy panel!

New research suggests that disease develops as early as age 17.

Cambridge University have designed a brain implant that can release tiny doses of anti-epilepsy drugs precisely where...

Crickets make a big racket for such small creatures, which got scientists thinking...

How does acidity make a wine taste better?

Are we eating and drinking all together too much?

How have our carbon emissioned changed over the last ten years, and what can we do about it?

A jaunt with Claire Bryant, who tells the team about ancient mariner traditions and cutting edge bacteria research...

Are the EU's requirements to test bovine TB vaccines feasible?

What role does a thinner, more heavily cross-linked form of collagen play in the progression of pulmonary fibrosis?

Scientists have been able to block the spread of cell senescence, allowing regeneration of livers formerly in acute...

Can music influence our behaviour?

What is The Mozart Effect and does it stand up to science?

How are music tastes and personality linked?

Research suggests that children are more likely than adults to succumb to robot peer pressure...