Interviews with Scientists

Europe's Galileo will soon be operational, providing us with much more accurate navigation but why do we need it?

Space is one tough cookie to crack but there's now 3,000 satellites up there, so how have we done it?

Artificial intelligence seems like a long way off but should we considering its potential impacts now?

If we can make artificially intelligent machines, they'll need a body, but that's not very easy...

Will we find ourselves running hell for leather down Oxford Circus as scores of cyborgs mows us down from from behind?

One way to create artificial intelligence is to copy the brain...

One way to get advance artificial intelligence would be to to try and mimick evolution...

Currently, personal assistant robots are not the chattiest but one scientist at Cambridge is hoping to change that...

In the next 20 years, 47% of jobs are likely to be taken over by machines.

...and it's hiding in plain site. But where?

When we talk about artificial intelligence, what do we actually mean?

An early warning system for dengue fever

Genomics can track antibiotic resistance during beef production

DNA from 18th century teeth reveals plague secrets

An artificial fingertip can recreate a sense of touch.

The guts of male and female fruit flies age differently.

We're sending another probe to Mars! But why are we going back?

Dog walkers are being warned to be careful after a spate of diseases caused by ticks in parts of England.

NASA plans to set fire to a space station, simply to find out what will happen.

What is the sugar tax, why is it being imposed and, most importantly, will it work?

Could we dry blood so that is could be stored forever and transported with ease?

What makes Cambridge Science Festival so special?

Synchronising comes naturally to humans, from the way we breath to the way we walk, is it the secret to our success?

Can we make circuits that are more flexible than silicon?