Interviews with Scientists

Interviews about medicine, science, technology and engineering with scientists and researchers internationally...

22 April 2020

Find out how playing games can help combat loneliness during isolation

22 April 2020

How is Covid-19 causing problems for gamers?

21 April 2020

Why questionnaires and thermometers at airports miss most cases of travellers with diseases...

21 April 2020

Many around the world have been volunteering to help fight COVID-19 - such as at Makespace in Cambridge...

21 April 2020

Are people in the UK actually staying at home? Tracking data from mobile phones says, mostly, yes...

21 April 2020

Scientists have successfully used a drug to 'trick' the coronavirus out of infecting cells in the lab...

21 April 2020

Many of those who need the most healthcare aid live in the world’s second most populous country...

21 April 2020

So far it’s mostly richer countries with huge outbreaks. But if poorer areas get hit, they'll be hit harder...

21 April 2020

Steve Swanson is a former NASA astronaut and ISS commander. He talks about isolation and the night sky...

21 April 2020

Can you separate your stars from your planets and satellites? Robert Massey teaches the basics...

21 April 2020

Learn how to make a cloud in a jar, and how to spot if a storm is coming...

21 April 2020

Do you know your wrens from your starlings? Mark Eaton from the RSPB has a beginner's guide...

21 April 2020

Do either cooking or refrigeration incapacitate the virus? Chris Smith answers...

20 April 2020

How confident are you in your decision-making?

20 April 2020

Is it really true that teens are more risky decision makers?

20 April 2020

We pick apart some of the latest neuroscience news with the help of local experts...

20 April 2020

How do brain cells get made?

15 April 2020

How are scientists adapting to life without their labs? Meet one who's recreated hers in her bathroom...

15 April 2020

Researching the fundamental workings of the coronavirus has revealed a repeat mutation in monkey cells...

15 April 2020

As the coronavirus has left Wuhan to spread around the world, scientists have built its family tree...

14 April 2020

Once the virus is isolated, you can compare it to animal versions - and the evidence so far is uncertain...

14 April 2020

Can you gene sequence the coronavirus? And why would you want to?

14 April 2020

How much vinegar does it take to dissolve an egg shell?

14 April 2020

Why do bubbles always come out spherical?