Interviews with Scientists

Are we grouping kids with learning difficulties in the best way?

Could cutting out mutations in mitochondria be a way to treat mitochondrial disease?

Can a videogame help teach people about electricity?

The results of a study that reports are dubbing “one of the biggest breakthroughs yet in blood pressure genetics” have...

This year's Ignobel winner discusses his work about human cannibalism...

The mysterious fossils called Dickinsonia may have been revealed to be our early ancestors...

Why do we have a different flu vaccine every year?

And when were the first flu vaccines available in history?

How does the flu virus make us ill?

The Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918 was one of the deadliest disease outbreaks in human history

Better understanding our tissues' circadian rhythms could help make medicines more effective...

Are humans capable of detecting magnetic fields?

Can migratory species perceive magnetic fields, and use them to navigate?

How do you investigate Earth's magnetic field?

Why do we need the earth's magnetic field?

How do magnets actually work?

This week, it's geomagnetism 101...

Scientists in South Africa have made socks designed to protect against malaria...

How does one part of a plant tell other parts that a herbivore is attacking?

How do viruses manipulate cellular machinery?

The debate over Pluto's planetary status has been re-ignited...

We had a quiz for our brainy panel!

New research suggests that disease develops as early as age 17.

We're laying a rainy myth to rest...