Interviews with Scientists

We put our expert science panel to the test with a fiendish quiz...

Can scientists prevent or predict the end of the world?

How can spotting X rays from exploding stars help identify skin cancers?

A group of scientists including Stephen Hawking are petitioning the UN to urgently consider how AI might play a part in...

Our lifespans are increasing, but our 'health-spans' haven't caught up. Could our microbiome have an...

How an ancient Babylonian tablet has finally given up its 3,700-year-old mysteries.

Remember the Holodeck in Star Trek? Well, animals now have their own virtual reality room...

We answer your questions on diet!

Back in 2012 we reported on the first ever meat to be grown in the lab, but is this a palatable future for our food?

Foraging can be a fun and sustainable way to source food, but you need to know your stuff. So what are the basics?

How can we eat for the benefit of our health, and for the planet's health too?

With so much dietary information out there, how do we know what's food fact and what's fiction?

Scientists have magnetised migrating reed warblers to find out how they navigate longitude, as well as latitude.

Where would you be without your smartphone? Joe McGeehan developed some of the pivotal technology behind wireless...

Researchers have used maths and psychology to analyse whether more diverse groups really do make better decisions.

Scientists have found a way to re-programme the sex chromosomes of mice, making healthy previously infertile sperm.

A team at the University of Iowa are listening to the sounds of space ...

Radio telescopes dotted across the globe have joined up to create the Event Horizon Telescope, which is the size of the...

What does Saturn smell like?

In 2020, the European Space Agency will launch a rover onto the surface of Mars on an exploratory mission to look for...

Goldfish can survive the winter freeze using a genetic trick that allows them to convert lactic acid into alcohol.

Artificial intelligence will change our future. Even the future of magic tricks.

How a space station in critical danger led to the development of the shiny metal blankets that prevent marathon runners...

Only 5% of the universe is made up of physical matter, what else is out there?