Interviews with Scientists

Hearing about the new coronavirus, many were struck with déjà vu - because parts have happened before...

The first cases were reported in people in the city of Wuhan. Where and how did bats get involved?

The virus binds perfectly to human proteins. What's the explanation?

Analysis of the very first SARS-CoV-2 samples shows they already looked evolved to infect us...

Scientists tested people in rural China and found infections of a separate coronavirus...

When it comes to the origins of COVID, there are still lots of unknowns. But we can be sure of a sequel...

We can't rule out the possibility - but the evidence seems to point to a natural origin...

In the live rodent trade, infections with a coronavirus go up the closer you get to the consumer...

Based on the first gene sequences of the coronavirus, it may not have come from Wuhan at all...

Scientists haven't found an animal carrying the coronavirus yet. Where is it? And is it a bat or not?

The advance party has been and gone - and now an international team will travel to Wuhan to ask questions...

How and why do animals play?

Our experts pick apart some of the latest neuroscience news...

What impact is climate change predicted to have on plant pathogen species?

What does climate change mean for butterflies in the UK?

We took a turn around Cambridge University Botanic Garden's climate change and plants trail...

With changing temperature and rainfall patterns predicted, how might our green spaces have to adapt in future?

Researchers estimate there's 10 x more plastic in the Atlantic Ocean than previously thought...

Are self-driving cars actually going to be on our roads soon?

Scientists have come up with a gene editing tool for the Herpes Simplex virus...

Scientists in Australia have been looking at Covid-19's metabolic signature...

Scientists have been looking at how viruses can spread...

Will Ring Fit Adventure on the Nintendo Switch help you to get fit?

Can our reporter defeat Super Mario Run? (yes, it's far too easy)