Interviews with Scientists

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

19 February 2016

Last September, LIGO found a blip on their radars, which they later verified were gravitational waves, but where did...

19 February 2016

Scientists annouced the detection of these elusive ripples in spacetime but what are they? And why has it taken so long...

15 February 2016

Are human big brains the equivalent of the peacock's tail?

15 February 2016

Do men really have more partners than women, and why are we having less sex than ever?

15 February 2016

When women come off birth control there can be a drop in marital satisfaction, according to research...

15 February 2016

Is kissing really seen as romantic the world over? It's less common than you might think...

15 February 2016

What happens to the chemistry in your brain when you fall in love?

15 February 2016

How has dating changed through time, and is technology having an impact?

15 February 2016

Top psychology dating tips on how to find the one, and how to try and make sure they like you back?

15 February 2016

Find out how they do it on the discovery channel, with a journey through the dating habits of the animal kingdom.

15 February 2016

Why does it take "two to tango" when you need to make babies?

13 February 2016

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

13 February 2016

Suzi Gage and her colleagues at Bristol University are unpicking how lifestyle factors interact with genes to...

13 February 2016

Professor Azim Surani discusses the recent global summit on genome editing held in Washington in December.

13 February 2016

Tony Perry from the University of Bath told me more about the story of CRISPR, and some of its potential applications.

13 February 2016

Back in July 2012, science writer Nell Barrie and I discussed the implications of the discovery of CRISPR.

08 February 2016

The WHO has declared the virus as a public health emergency but why? And how does it compare to the Ebola virus?

08 February 2016

Bed bugs are spreading across the world and fast. However, they're becoming increasingly resistant to treatment...

08 February 2016

What is the future of our kitchen cabinets? Home coffee roasters are up there and boil in the bag could be making a...

08 February 2016

Kat Arney been peeking out from under her brolly to tackle another mythconception...

08 February 2016

New research suggests you might mis-intepret what you're reading if you're also listening to music...

08 February 2016

Recently, there has been growing excitement that Einstein's 'Gravitational Waves' might have been...

08 February 2016

X-rays can reveal the internal anatomical details of certain fossils

08 February 2016

Burst muscle capacity is the key to manoeuverability for hummingbirds