Interviews with Scientists

Will the new ban on microbeads make a difference?

Is it nature or nuture that determines our grades?

When it comes to exams, who decides what needs to be tested and how?

How much scientific research actually gets in to education policy?

And finally it’s time for our Gene of the Month, and this time it’s Deadpan.

The Roslin Institute’s Lissa Heron is working with genetically modified chickens, meaning that their eggs can produce...

Angelika Schnieke's research on pigs is helping to change our understanding of human diseases and provide future...

Shinya Yamanaka, who won a Nobel prize for his discovery that just four molecules could convert any type of adult...

Sir Ian Wilmut led the team responsible for the creation of Dolly and explains the history of the research leading to...

Researchers can benefit from making their research findings freely available online...

Travel motivates chimpanzees to use tools...

Birds tune their light sensitive cells to maximise the number of colours they see...

Zebrafish have lubricated joints similar to those in humans and other land animals

A large scale study reveals how human height has changed in the last 100 years...

This is where the press office steps in but how do they ensure their story gets good coverage?

Should scientists be judged only on where they published rather than what they publish?

To assure a level of research quality, science is put to the test using the peer review process...

What did Sophie Scott discover when she made voice actors get in her brain scanner?

Big Bang Theory's Dr Mayim Bialik speaks about her years as a voice actor.

How do you control the physics of a new universe?

From shadows on the wall to computer generated masterpieces, what's next for animation?

The hidden secrets of the creative mind...

A controversial pesticide has been linked to long-term wild bee decline.

Were Neanderthals killed off by their own campfires?