Interviews with Scientists

In this week's myth Kat finds out if a spoon in the bottle really will keep your sparkling wine fizzy...

If milk makes you unwell, is it actually the lactose you're intolerant to?

How many of the goods you own are transported by sea?

We've all heard about driverless cars but what about driverless ships?

A look at what we can do to improve the environmental impact of shipping.

If we're worried about carbon emissions of ships, shouldn't we just be hoisting the sails and returning to a...

Exoplanets may yield clues as to whether there might be life somewhere out there. But they're so far away, so why...

How we study planets beyond our own solar system...

On 9 May, Mercury will be seen as a black dot silhouetted against the Sun…but why are scientists so excited about it?

The Japanese team have lost contact with the quarter of a billion dollar satellite but what happened?

UK supermarkets back the campaign to cut tuna fishing, but is this enough?

The latest from the British 'Pompeii'...

An exhibition and London Zoo tells the story of a successful conservation programme involving people who love their...

What are the different weapons in the fight against poaching, and can the battle ever be won?

The story of the world-famous primatologist, and her tragic battle against poaching.

Sir David Attenborough opened up the world's first conservation campus in Cambridge this week.

A look back at one of the world's greatest mathematicians.

An overview of the threats faced by the world's endangered species, and why conserving them can be complicated...

Why are the FBI and Apple involved in a stand-off, and what does this mean for the average phone user?

Kat busts the myth that your tongue has different taste zones.

A team have created a new form of personalised medicine, which could mean correct doses of drugs for transplant...

Could the forgotten vitamin K have life saving properties?

Our gene of the month is Pygopus, named after the species of Australian legless lizard.

Humans aren’t the only animals to be getting their genomes analysed - our four-legged friends have been getting in on...