Interviews with Scientists

Substances from oceanic bacteria interact with nanoplastics which may trick animals into eating them

What could the periodic table look like in the future?

Do you know what finite elements are in your modern tech?

What is spectroscopy?

What goes into an element, and how is one different from another?

We pair up the panel and put them to the test

A tortoise, monkey, beetle and komodo dragon walk into a studio...

Light can be used to control brain circuits to change behaviour...

Meet the monsters that can hijack your brain...

Meet the subtle signals you miss that alter your behaviour...

What's happening in the brain when a hypnotist gets to work...

How sea life is succumbing to plastic pollution...

How the environment has made us the way we are...

A reversible contraceptive technique for males has been developed by researchers in China.

Genetically modified chickens package up proteins needed for life-saving drugs in their egg whites.

Can technology give a voice back to the voiceless?

Taxonomy could help ensure that the resources in our oceans are managed in a sustainable manner.

Oxytocin makes rats more adventurous and protects their cells from ageing...

How do smells influence memory consolidation during sleep?

Mollicutes bacteria help leafcutter ants to become better fungus farmers.

Oestrogen response in breast cancer cells is not cyclical, as previously thought.

What will driving look like in the future?

How can satnav be made more accurate, so we can trust autonomous cars to navigate?

Could our roads and cities cope with electric cars en-masse?