Interviews with Scientists

Bruce Winney talks about the genes which make up the British people

Turi King talks about how she found African ancestry in Yorkshiremen, and about how your Y-chromosome type can predict...

Mike Majerus tells us about the peppered moth, cites as an example of evolution by natural selection in action.

Chelsea and Bob try to answer the age old question 'Why do we buy what we buy?' Does celebrity endorsement...

Chelsea and Bob look at some of the driest places on Earth, to see what changes are occuring there.

Annelise Hagan, of the Living Oceans Foundation talks about her work on Coral reefs and using sea planes to spy on the...

Laura Font describes how she has found a way to find out where migratory birds have been by measuring strontium isotope...

Stan Harpole talking about how using fertilisers can reduce biodiversity by destroying the niches that allow complex...

Kitchen science: slime behaving strangely...

Bob and Chelsea look at two ways you can lower your risk of cancer.

Sabina Michnowicz speaks to Jason Wray, John Stingl and Brian Huntley on the role that stem cells have to play in cancer

Fiona Watt explains how stem cells are a major player in cancer growth, and may be the key to finding new cures.

Dr Andrew Futreal tell us about identifying faulty genes in tumours, and how these could be used for targeted therapy.

Chelsea and Bob look into Puberty and Death - expolring why teenagers are moody and using computers to predict how you...

What is heart disease, what is a cardiac arrest, Niall Campbell explains.

Anthony has been investigating injecting stem cells into the heart to help it recover.

Kitchen science: DIY hot air balloon

Bird and insect flight is still not fully understood. So scientists are now using video backpacks for eagles and...

Rising carbon dioxide levels usually make us think about the atmosphere, but new research shows that carbon dioxide...

Bob and Chelsea hear about the music of the ocean, including scientists that listen to whale communication, and how the...

If you thought Concorde was fast, think again. Scientists are looking to make hypersonic engines that could travel from...

An object has been discovered in the Kuiper Belt which was smashed into by something half the size of Pluto, the...

The Cambridge Science Festival - highlights from the opening

A trio of co-dependent creatures that like it really hot and how the warming world is causing corals and their algae...