Interviews with Scientists

Popularity isn't just by chance - there's science behind it.

A former morphine addict tells us his story...

Climate change will mean more energy in the atmosphere which is bad news for airline passengers...

Taking antibiotics during pregnancy may lead to behaviour changes in your child.

The team get stumped by some tricky questions...

Plain-language summaries are making research more accessible to broader audiences

Handedness has its origins in the spinal cord

The Toxoplasma gondii parasite builds a scaffold inside human and other animal cells to help it multiply and cause...

Exposing male mice to nicotine can make their sons more resistant to nicotine and other drugs

Sensors on the surface of the brain help paralysed people to communicate

How, and why, are scientists trying to engineer super heavy elements?

How do stars make new elements?

How do you harness the incredible power locked inside atoms?

How did Rutherford split the atom, and build up the picture we still use today?

How do animals in the deep blue sea manage to disappear?

Scientists are proposing a radical reshuffle of the dinosaur family tree.

A new technique speeds up cell growth in the lab, which could be a boon to researching many diseases.

How are car user interfaces going to work, and might they cause us to crash more?

A protein has been shown to reverse some age-related effects in mice. Could it hold promise for humans?

Are chemicals in the environment disrupting our ability to reproduce?

What factors affect the quality of a woman’s eggs?

What affects a man’s ability to successfully reproduce?

Are sperm counts really declining? And are we having families later in life?

Quickfire science on sperm and eggs.