Interviews with Scientists

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

15 February 2016

Why does it take "two to tango" when you need to make babies?

13 February 2016

And finally it’s time for our Gene of the Month, and this time it’s the cute and cuddly Panda.

13 February 2016

Suzi Gage and her colleagues at Bristol University are unpicking how lifestyle factors interact with genes to...

13 February 2016

Professor Azim Surani discusses the recent global summit on genome editing held in Washington in December.

13 February 2016

Tony Perry from the University of Bath told me more about the story of CRISPR, and some of its potential applications.

13 February 2016

Back in July 2012, science writer Nell Barrie and I discussed the implications of the discovery of CRISPR.

08 February 2016

The WHO has declared the virus as a public health emergency but why? And how does it compare to the Ebola virus?

08 February 2016

Bed bugs are spreading across the world and fast. However, they're becoming increasingly resistant to treatment...

08 February 2016

What is the future of our kitchen cabinets? Home coffee roasters are up there and boil in the bag could be making a...

08 February 2016

Kat Arney been peeking out from under her brolly to tackle another mythconception...

08 February 2016

New research suggests you might mis-intepret what you're reading if you're also listening to music...

08 February 2016

Recently, there has been growing excitement that Einstein's 'Gravitational Waves' might have been...

08 February 2016

X-rays can reveal the internal anatomical details of certain fossils

08 February 2016

Burst muscle capacity is the key to manoeuverability for hummingbirds

08 February 2016

Neural stem cells in injured axolotls behave like embryonic cells

08 February 2016

Moving meal times can disrupt learning and memory

08 February 2016

Two trained monkeys and a gambling task

05 February 2016

Did you know the Brits drank coffee before tea? That not enough grounds were grounds for divorce? Or that goats...

05 February 2016

How do you get from a coffee bean to a nice cup of java? We picked some fruit and followed the process, from bean to...

05 February 2016

As soon as you take that first sip, caffeine begins to work it's magic but how does it make you feel awake?

05 February 2016

Caffeine is never far from the headlines; some months it's no good for us and other months it's a practically...

05 February 2016

If you drink too much caffeine, it could effect your sleep and a lack of sleep has been linked to a number of diseases...

02 February 2016

What does food security mean and why are we worried about it?

02 February 2016

As the world population continues to increase how can we produce more food to meet the demand?