Interviews with Scientists

Once stung by a nettle, doc leaves

Ceres strange white spots have been demystified this week and it might hold clues as to the asteroid's origins...

Why we might be facing a future of bugs we can’t kill...

Just how badly damaged is the earth beneath our feet? And why is it we're only beginning to do something about it...

It's not just that our soils are being eroded but also degraded. Is this having an impact on the quality of the...

Truffles are one of the hardest crops to cultivate but by studying the relationship between the soil and fungi, one man...

We need to change the way we farm our foods but with a growing population, how will we do it?

If no action is taken, we'll lose 1.5 million km2 of land from crop production by 2050. So, act now or the very...

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

Geoff Baldwin is using nanocages to target cancer drugs to tumours, leaving healthy cells unharmed.

tephen Chambers is CEO of SynbiCITE - a national centre set up to turn bright ideas in synthetic biology into...

Paul Kellamhas been investigating whether screening for variations in a gene called IFITM3 could form a test for flu...

Paul Freemont is co-director and co-founder of the Imperial College synthetic biology hub, told me about the...

The 21st Conference of the Parties is gathering in Paris to discuss climate change but what can they do to save our...

How much of climate change is an individual's responsability and what can we do?

Mythconception: "Red sky at night, shepherds delight, red sky in the morning, shepherds warning"

Starlings are beautiful birds but they've been dying in their thousands, what's behind this sad story?

Gravitational waves were predicted by Einstein's theory of general relativity but they have never been detected...

Abbey Road studio has a history in music technology but now it's getting back involved with a hub for startups,...

Choose your mood and style, set your tempo, 20 seconds later this machine will give you a song, completely unique,...

How easy is it to get a machine to do the job of a human producer?

How can technology enhance creativity and performance? By making every movement a command.

The digitalisation of music has profoundly impacted the workings of the music industry, but is this a bad thing?

When the water rises, what can we do about it? Can we escape or do we need to learn to live with it?