Interviews with Scientists

Historically, scientists thought that the most severe form of malaria, known as falciparum malaria, first spread into...

A satellite designed to measure the Earth’s gravitational field with unprecedented accuracy may sound like something...

Using computers to read the mind might seem more suited to the pages of a sci-fi thriller, but scientists are edging...

As well as helping us to understand what’s going on in the brain when it’s at work, brain scanning techniques can also...

Researchers from Bristol University recently reported on a development in quantum computing that could bring this...

In the latest of our features from the Planet Earth Podcast Team, Richard Hollingham accept reports from the Plymouth...

And now it's time for some Pi - not the food but the number. Julia Graham met Professor Robin Wilson to find out a...

If the joints in your hands and feet are stiff and for an hour or more in the mornings, you may be suffering from...

What constitutes a good night sleep? Here in the UK, we’re told that it’s a solid 8 hours overnight, tucked up in bed...

An important aspect of science festival is the diversity of people, interests, and talents coming together to celebrate...

Robin Lovell-Badge is from the National Institute for Medical Research and he’s been researching public opinion of...

Also in the news this week, EPSRC funded researchers up in Glasgow have been investigating how we respond emotionally...

Increasingly, governments and energy companies are looking at ways of harvesting wave and tidal energy. But what about...

Boris Worm from Dalhousie University in Canada picks our Critter of the Month.

Around the globe, sharks are hunted unsustainably for their fins to make into soup. Mahmood Shivji tells us about how...

We join the Great Egg Case Hunt on the Norfolk Coast with Sonia Revelley from Natural England, to help track down the...

Chris touches down in Australia and steps inside a planetarium for the very first time. He talks to Carley Tillet of...

The man who won the Nobel Prize for discovering the bacterium that is responsible for stomach ulcers actually munched...

Embarrassingly for the average Aussie, as a nation, they're amongst the worst emitters of greenhouse gases on a...

Many of Australia's unique and endangered species are under threat, largely owing to feral animals like cats and...

The Square Kilometre Array will be the largest radio telescope device ever constructed - a strong contender for the...