Interviews with Scientists

Scientists come closer to a treatment for a disabling skin disease...

Whistleblowers accused the Sanger of commercialising data without permission...

The largest ever African study in genetics involved multiple organisations, ten years, and 25 villages...

The known genes behind cholesterol don't apply for Ugandans - because environments are so different...

A Hungarian team claim to have found a new fundamental particle and force - but many are skeptical...

Twenty years after Lawrence Jones survived an avalanche, he still goes skiing with his family every year...

Avalanches are hugely destructive - but some ecosystems might actually rely on them...

An avalanche survivor needs crucial kit to be rescued - but also needs emergency medical treatment...

Lawrence Jones is stuck beneath ten feet of snow. How can his friends find him in time?

Plus, Samoa declares a curfew and a mass vaccination campaign...

What caused the avalanche that caught Lawrence Jones?

Mountain guide Mark Diggins and avalanche professor Jim McElwaine discuss a survival story...

20 years ago, Lawrence Jones was caught in an avalanche - and barely lived to tell the tale...

Adrian asks: why would a used battery bounce on its end more than a full one? Phil Sansom explains...

Scientists have tested all sorts of food in the lab to see which breaks down booze the best...

How does the possibility of sex influence how we present ourselves to others?

Are we really on the road towards a carbon-neutral future, and what’s it going to take to get there?

A cardiologist, physicist, immunologist and wine expert, and geneticist and dietitian take on your questions.

What's the chance of having twins in a pregnancy? This question, and many more....

How does organ donation work?

How close are scientists to growing new livers in the lab?

How close are scientists to growing a new heart in a lab?

WHO has found that up to 80% of children worldwide are not getting enough exercise...

One of the big challenges with making and sustaining organs in the lab is plumbing...