Interviews with Scientists

Interviews about medicine, science, technology and engineering with scientists and researchers internationally...

28 February 2017

Bees have been trained to kick a ball around, displaying their surprising capability to learn.

28 February 2017

Cocaine-use has been linked with a build-up of iron in the brain.

28 February 2017

Does the Earth's tilt cause seasons?

28 February 2017

A team of scientists just discovered seven new planets, 39 light-years away. Could any of them host life?

28 February 2017

High levels of alcohol could come back to bite you, even if you cut down.

21 February 2017

With PrEP drugs unavailable from National health services for many, some are taking matters into their own hands.

21 February 2017

The story of one man's experience of being diagnosed with HIV.

21 February 2017

Are psychopaths really super smart?

21 February 2017

How does language change throughout time, and how did it begin in the first place?

21 February 2017

Climate affects the ability of the Amazon rainforest to store carbon after selective logging...

21 February 2017

A bias towards publishing positive results is making it harder to distinguish between true and false claims in science...

21 February 2017

Simulations illuminate a tradeoff between speed and precision in the movement of proteins and other molecules around...

21 February 2017

Archaeological evidence suggests that a young woman from ancient Troy died from a pregnancy-related infection

21 February 2017

Decreased blood flow in the brain is responsible for post-seizure symptoms in rats with epilepsy

21 February 2017

Should we fund PrEP on the NHS?

21 February 2017

One of America's most hated spiders isn't all bad: its web could teach us to make much tougher materials.

21 February 2017

A trial for a passenger drone was announced in Dubai this week, but how would it work?

21 February 2017

How does PrEP work, and is it really behind the reduction in HIV cases?

21 February 2017

What is HIV, how do you catch the infection, and what could be behind the recent reduction in cases?

21 February 2017

Could seagrass hold the key to cleaning up our oceans?

14 February 2017

Do the neurons in our bodies really behave like a sushi conveyor belt?

14 February 2017

What's it like to be able to hear again with a 'bionic ear'?

14 February 2017

Sequencing the genome of quinoa improves our understanding of why the plant is able to grow in such harsh conditions.

14 February 2017

Vaping seems to be safer than smoking, but is it causing more teenagers to take up the habit?