Interviews with Scientists

What are the advantages of being bilingual? And does it help us later in life?

How does our brain turn speech into meanings? Does the answer lie within learning nursery rhymes...?

Worldwide, we use over a trillion plastic bags every year. Can a caterpillar help reduce our waste?

Can one pill make us run for longer AND gain less weight?

Did a falling apple really inspire Isaac Newton's theory of gravity?

Can you read minds? Well maybe not quite, but research suggests it's linked to monitoring your own heartbeat...

Stroke occurs every 2 seconds worldwide. Tom Crawford spoke to Ewan St John Smith about how naked mole rats may be able...

Will we ever beat cancer?

How scientists are literally zooming in on cancer

How do your genes affect your chances of getting cancer?

Is there a way to lower your risk of cancer by changing your genes?

What are tumours made from, and how can we destroy them safely?

How does radiotherapy work, and where is it going in the future?

Cancer is a global problem, but what is it and why is it so deadly?

Female researchers are less likely to be invited to review scientific papers.

Artificial stimulation of the brain can boost performance in certain memory tasks.

Nematode worms use a pheromone to kill off unwanted males

A drug found only in an Indian plant can be produced on a large scale in engineered yeast

A shortage of oxygen causes the bacteria S. aureus to form biofilms that protect it from antibiotics

The science behind IBS and what can be done to help sufferers.

How do some bacteria evade the stomach's defence mechanisms to cause trouble in the gut?

In our colon is a previously unrecognised organ made up of trillions of microbes.

Why are scientists marching all across the world?

Most of us know that too much sugar is bad for our teeth, but why? Looks like bacteria are to blame.