Interviews with Scientists

In September a discovery was made that will change history book but who were Homo Naledi and what do they mean to us?

Would you eat Nutella from a nappy or would it be off limits? Ginny Smith surprised Kat Arney with this challenge.

The Kuiper Belt is a cloud of dust that is home to Pluto, but what else do we know about it?

In October we spent a whole month planning our Naked Scientists trip to Mars, here's a snapshot of what we got up...

Computer coding and music seem like they're worlds apart but actually they're remarkably compatible as Kat...

If physics were music what would it sound like?

The chemical flavours in e-cigarettes could be causing a condition known as 'popcorn lung' for which the...

The naked truth of life drawing is that it could make you feel much more comfortable in your own skin...

Once stung by a nettle, doc leaves

Ceres strange white spots have been demystified this week and it might hold clues as to the asteroid's origins...

Why we might be facing a future of bugs we can’t kill...

Just how badly damaged is the earth beneath our feet? And why is it we're only beginning to do something about it...

It's not just that our soils are being eroded but also degraded. Is this having an impact on the quality of the...

Truffles are one of the hardest crops to cultivate but by studying the relationship between the soil and fungi, one man...

We need to change the way we farm our foods but with a growing population, how will we do it?

If no action is taken, we'll lose 1.5 million km2 of land from crop production by 2050. So, act now or the very...

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

Geoff Baldwin is using nanocages to target cancer drugs to tumours, leaving healthy cells unharmed.

tephen Chambers is CEO of SynbiCITE - a national centre set up to turn bright ideas in synthetic biology into...

Paul Kellamhas been investigating whether screening for variations in a gene called IFITM3 could form a test for flu...

Paul Freemont is co-director and co-founder of the Imperial College synthetic biology hub, told me about the...

The 21st Conference of the Parties is gathering in Paris to discuss climate change but what can they do to save our...

How much of climate change is an individual's responsability and what can we do?

Mythconception: "Red sky at night, shepherds delight, red sky in the morning, shepherds warning"