Interviews with Scientists

What should we make of the latest Martian methane plume?

SPOILER: Mining for gold isn’t like what you see in films...

While teams continue to search for gold, others are looking for something quite different; life.

When you drill a hole in a mine, water from natural underground sources wants to flood in. How do you stop it?

Chris Smith dives into one of the deepest gold mines in the world.

A map of every cell in human airways could improve treatments for respiratory conditions.

Scientists analyse animal calls to help improve the well-being of livestock.

If you found a lost wallet, would you hand it in? Scientists explore the most and least honest countries.

Mosquitoes are the world’s most dangerous creatures but can they be modified to wipe out their own kind?

Sleep experts separate fact from fiction...

Should our biological sleep differences be factored into working life?

When it comes to memory, the importance of sleep goes beyond the negative impact being tired...

Could changing the way we think about sleep actually help us to sleep better?

Does standing up affect how food tastes?

What experts have we got this week?

Carolin & Colm face Haydn & Ljiljana in our battle of the brains...

Taking your screams as high up as we can go...

Some really cool buildings...

What is absolute zero?

Understanding climate change...

It’s not just humans that have had to adapt to life at low temperatures...

How do humans adapt to extreme cold?

A pharmaceutical pioneer takes us into the world of targeted treatments...

A missing piece in the puzzle of human migration...