Interviews with Scientists

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

16 September 2016

Although all this research sounds promising, drug development takes time. So what can we do about it now?

13 September 2016

Remember the ice bucket challenge? What did the money we raised support?

13 September 2016

A single-dose treatment has cured malaria in mice.

13 September 2016

There's not one species of giraffe, but four!

13 September 2016

It's a myth that a pounding headache is your own heart beating...

13 September 2016

Will the new ban on microbeads make a difference?

13 September 2016

Is it nature or nuture that determines our grades?

13 September 2016

When it comes to exams, who decides what needs to be tested and how?

13 September 2016

How much scientific research actually gets in to education policy?

11 September 2016

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

11 September 2016

The Roslin Institute’s Lissa Heron is working with genetically modified chickens, meaning that their eggs can produce...

11 September 2016

Angelika Schnieke's research on pigs is helping to change our understanding of human diseases and provide future...

11 September 2016

Shinya Yamanaka, who won a Nobel prize for his discovery that just four molecules could convert any type of adult...

11 September 2016

Sir Ian Wilmut led the team responsible for the creation of Dolly and explains the history of the research leading to...

31 August 2016

Researchers can benefit from making their research findings freely available online...

31 August 2016

Travel motivates chimpanzees to use tools...

31 August 2016

Birds tune their light sensitive cells to maximise the number of colours they see...

31 August 2016

Zebrafish have lubricated joints similar to those in humans and other land animals

31 August 2016

A large scale study reveals how human height has changed in the last 100 years...

23 August 2016

This is where the press office steps in but how do they ensure their story gets good coverage?

23 August 2016

Should scientists be judged only on where they published rather than what they publish?

23 August 2016

To assure a level of research quality, science is put to the test using the peer review process...

22 August 2016

What did Sophie Scott discover when she made voice actors get in her brain scanner?

22 August 2016

Big Bang Theory's Dr Mayim Bialik speaks about her years as a voice actor.