Interviews with Scientists

The UN estimates that by 2050 up to 70% of us will be living in cities. How can we make them more sustainable?

Why is there no Nobel Prize for Maths and what happens when you finally achieve your life's goal?

How do you age the earth's magnetic field? By recreating the centre of the earth.

And finally it’s time for our gene of the month, and this time it’s Armadillo.

Imagine all the kit you need to start your own molecular biology lab, packed down into the size of a laptop bag and...

Can films like the X-Men get people talking about genetics? Jon Roberts from the Sanger Institute is finding out.

As DNA sequencing becomes cheaper, having a good understanding of genetics will become more important. But what does...

It sounds counter-intuitive but conducting post-mortems can help save the lives of the living...

Microbes in the gut influence the social behaviour of mice

University students gain hands-on experience of a new DNA sequencing technology

Drugs that block the hormone oestrogen have the potential to treat seizures

Genetics reveals how an 11,000 year-old dog cancer has spread around the world

How stem cells help parasitic worms to thrive in their host

Have you ever wondered what the Sun is made of?

The Sun is 4.6 billion years old but how did it get there?

How we're about to get closer to our Sun than ever before using ground up bones...

When it comes to stellar death, it's go big or go home...

Stress is a relatively new concept but rates have been on the rise in recent years, but why?

How does your body react when you're feeling stressed? Graihagh did a 'stress test' to find out...

Some find an event stressful, other just feel it as pressure but why do we experience the same situation differently?

Could laughter really be the best medicine?

Emerging research suggests that the bacteria in your stomach could be influencing your mood...

The tools we can all use to help us feel a little more relaxed...

One woman's mission to find happiness in Denmark...