Researchers have used stem cells to make neural implants more refined and with less scar...
Interviews with Scientists
Interviews about medicine, science, technology and engineering with scientists and researchers internationally...
25 February 2011
The James Webb Space Telescope, planned for launch in 2014, will be NASA's scientific successor to Hubble. With a...
25 February 2011
NASA describes Kepler as their first mission capable of finding Earth-size planets around other stars – and it’s doing...
20 February 2011
When someone loses a limb, although it's possible to replace the missing part with a prosthesis, making it move is...
20 February 2011
Scientists are keeping a close eye on the West Antarctic ice sheet because if it’s melts, we’re in big trouble from the...
20 February 2011
How do we study the atmosphere? We have a vast array of tools and chemical tricks that we can rely on, but the...
20 February 2011
Another reason to try and understand atmospheric chemistry is in case there comes a time when we have to try and do...
20 February 2011
If a time came that we needed to alter our atmospheric chemistry, how physically could we do it? Meera and Dave...
13 February 2011
If you're a big fan of eating oily fish then you're probably doing your eye sight a big long term favour,...
13 February 2011
In London, Blue Plaques have been placed on buildings across the city for over 140 years to highlight where notable...
13 February 2011
Now here’s a question... What colour are dinosaurs? It’s an issue that puzzled palaeontologists since fossils of the...
11 February 2011
Coral reefs have evolved a spectacular solution to the problem of having sex while being rooted firmly to the seabed.
11 February 2011
How do jellyfish find each other to have sex and make more jellyfish? And are these prolific beasties really on the...
11 February 2011
A gender-bending critter reveals what life is like as a male and then female.
06 February 2011
Scientists at the University of Sydney have used a safe electrical technique to boost our problem-solving abilities...
06 February 2011
Documentaries filmed underwater tend to give the impression that it’s a quiet, even, serene environment beneath the...
06 February 2011
What is a computer chip and how does it really work? Meera and Dave investigate...
06 February 2011
ARM Holdings are a world leader in developing digital solutions and two of the projects they're working on at the...
06 February 2011
As the internet and our reliance on computers grows, so does the amount of energy that this industry consumes, which...
03 February 2011
When thousands of Nassau groupers gather to mate on Caribbean coral reefs, fishermen find them an irresistible target.