Interviews with Scientists

Green Fluorescent Protein, GFP, is an important research tool originally extracted from jellyfish. It's so...

It's not only food that we get from the oceans. Marine species from corals and sea squirts, right down to the...

Terje Laskemoen explains the speedy sperm found in the songbird and the reasons for its evolution...

A number of animals use primitive tools, but how does this behaviour begin? And what can it tell us about how we got...

Dr Henrik Svensen reveals what craters in Africa can tell us and if the cause for mass extinction can be unearthed by...

Cancer cells can develop resistance to radiotherapy, which means large doses have to be given which can damage nearby...

Cancer cells may escape attack by the body's immune system by releasing chemicals to suppress it, but we may be...

Nils Christian Stenseth discusses the dwindling lemming population cycles...

Solar cells waste much of the energy from the Sun because they cannot use it efficiently, but Per-Anders Hansen from...

Espen Knutsen is reassembling the remains of ancient pleiosaurs.

This week, researchers homed in on the areas of the pigeon brain responsible for detecting magnetic fields...

Clare Woulds explains how the existence of life is explored deep down in the Earth's hydrothermal vents...

We ask Emmett Duffy from the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, if he was a marine creature, which one would be be...

Christopher Kemp discusses the mysterious substance prized for centuries...

Imaging human tissue in 3 dimensions, a potential drug to treat autism, how wind turbines are affecting local...

How does the brain keep track of time?

Our lives are becoming increasingly 24/7 - around 1 in 5 adults works non-standard time, so not the 9 to 5; we...

RFID, or Radio-frequency identification tags are the small electronic tags that are used for a huge number of...

Amphibian species around the world are subject to an increasing threat in the form of a fungus. Over 200 amphibian...

Circadian rhythms are clearly important for staying fit, both in terms of good health and of survival of the fittest....

Water sources below Africa, potential anti-cancer effects of Aspirin, a new polymer for cheaper solar cells and how...

How do subsea volcanoes affect the acidity of seawater? And how can this then affect the species found nearby? Robyn...

A major international collaboration is embarking on a mission to conduct the first systematic study of life in the...

Submarines, manned or unmanned have been vital in learning about the deep sea as well as playing an essential role as...