Interviews with Scientists

What’s happening at the molecular level when custard gets cooked?

How do you cook custard properly?

And why urban living and low socioeconomic situations make it more likely to happen...

And why, apart from being super-strong, bamboo also have some interesting thermal properties...

Custard powder is very flammable, and we prove it...

Using ultrasound to move a tiny illuminated ball pixel creates a 3D visual effect...

For babies, hiccups might actually help their brains develop...

As good as silicon, but a fraction of the weight and price...

More about what blind people see

Not getting enough sleep can trigger food cravings

What questions might phenomics answer?

How do we study phenomics?

What exactly is this new science?

What could phenomics do for us?

So why do hearing tests routinely omit them?

The museum specimen that yielded its DNA code 3000 years after it was harvested...

Why is a case of French red heading to the ISS?

The salty, warm, alkaline conditions were perfect for membrane molecules to assemble...

Tens of millions of years ago whales and dolphins evolved into the oceans. They lost genes in the process...

The results are in. Did you guess right?

Getting DNA out of water is an extremely useful tool for wildlife conversation...

Supposedly geneticists can use the water from a fishtank to determine the fish it used to contain. Is it true?

We test the metal of our experts!

Let's meet the panel for our latest QnA show!