Interviews with Scientists

For sunflowers, timekeeping plays a huge role in how they develop and how they reproduce...

The bee microbiome can weaponise dietary toxins to defend against parasites…

A connection has emerged between human personality traits and mitochondrial DNA in the bloodstream...

Shrimp larvae use an organic crystal to hide their eye spots

Ancient bite marks shine light on the history of closing leaves

Does a four-day work week have a positive effect on both employer and employee?

Remains from a France cave have provided evidence of a bow and arrow that's over 50,000 years old

A new substance has the ability to turn sperm off for a few hours at a time.

A mineral known as a 'Zircon' could shed light on the conditions that first formed life on Earth

The Earth's core is appearing to slow down, or even reverse. Should we be concerned?

How can we be sure what the centre of the Earth looks like if we can't go down there?

How does the ground beneath our feet move around and interact with each other?

Commercial fusion is the goal, but we can benefit from the fascinating science being done in the process...

The machine that will be responsible for commercial fusion energy in 2040...

Some argue that if fusion can't help us to reach net 0, perhaps we need to focus funding elsewhere for now...

How do we, in theory, recreate the process which gives the sun its energy here on earth?

It might be the only example of such sophisticated behaviour other than by humans...

What is known about the Chinese balloon that was found in US airspace?

They've been engineered this way to boost germination rates...

A new penguin fossil that dates back 57 million years weighed as much as a tiger

Usually, children with MLD (metachromatic leucodystrophy), rarely make it past the age of 5...

What has to happen for bird flu to make it transmissible between humans?

What measures are in place to reduce the transmission of avian influenza?

What about this strain of avian flu has meant it can be so infectious and fatal to birds?