Interviews with Scientists

Kat Arney tackles a long held myth that glass is a liquid...

Too many specimens and too few taxonomists are to blame for widespread mislabelling and misidentification of plant...

With training, pigeons did just as well as pathologists in distinguishing cancerous from healthy breast tissue samples.

As the debate intensifies over how much sugar we should eat, we ask the question on everyone's lips: Why we should...

Sugar rots your teeth, but not all sugars are the same...

Sugar has been shown to make us gain weight but how does the sugar we eat turn to fat? And is this different for when...

After two years of sugar tax, the Mexican government canned it. But the UK is considering it... How effective would it...

Water on the earth is easy to spot but there is also a lot beneath the surface and some of this is very very old.

Kat Arney dispells the myth that Sharks don't get cancer

In the summer we cought up with the cambridge eco car racing team, this week we got back in touch to see how they did...

What is big data and why does Lord David Willetts thinks it is an area in which Britain excells?

A tiny wireless brain implant powered by radio waves that uses light to control nerve cells has been developed by...

What can big data do and how has the cloud enabled the big data revolution?

The Square Kilometre Array show's just how big data can get and the challenges that come with it.

When we save something on the cloud where is it actually kept and how much energy is needed to keep it there?

How much of our personal data are we sharing and should we be doing something to keep it more private?

A nap during the day helps with the retention of important memories.

A mathematical model has been used to explore different approaches to minimising antibiotic resistance.

Unconscious perception does not exist.

The elemental carbon in cigarette smoke causes inflammation and, ultimately, chronic lung disease... emphysema in...

Why do the bacteria in deep-sea mussels have so many toxin- like genes?

A forest fire of enormous proportions is devastating the people and biodiversity of Indonesia.

This week scientists have picked apart the qualities needed to make a good leader in both humans and the animal...

Tomorrow's Engineers Week aims to inspire the next generation of engineers.