Interviews with Scientists

Is science a good enough reason to send humans to Mars? Or are robots safer and cheaper?

All month The Naked Scientists have been on a mission to Mars but what have we learnt?

Howler monkeys make a huge sound for their proportions, but what they gain in intimidation, they lose in testis size...

October 21 2015 is the day Marty McFly returns to in Back To The Future. But how much has this and other sci-fi...

Why is it that some people in persistent vegetative states can be conscious but unable to move?

Fecal transplants are becoming a common treatment for infections of the gut, but better donor screening is needed to...

How would society function on a small, dangerous planet over 30 million miles away from Earth?

Could synthetic biology allow colonists to grow their own food, oxygen or even rocket fuel using bacteria?

How would Martian settlers diagnose illnesses without the luxury of hospital equipment?

What would day-to-day life actually be like in a Mars settlement?

What would the surface of Mars be like to live on?

Plants have got bees hooked on caffeine, which may make them less efficient at foraging for nectar.

It's not just our ears that are important for learning languages, research has shown this week.

Hallucinations could help us to better understand the world around us.

Brain scans that pinpoint the source of epileptic fits have been developed.

This year's Nobelists have revolutionized the treatment of some of the world's most devastating parasitic...

For the first time, scientists have been able to grow mini-kidneys in a petri-dish!

The award wining work uncovered how cells repair damaged DNA - a fundamental mechanism in cells and important in cancer.

DNA analysis from 4,500 year old remains sheds light on how ancient humans migrated out of Africa, and then back in...

Antioxidant supplements may accelerate the spread of skin cancer...

Is winning the Nobel Prize everything its cracked up to be?

There's the radiation, the microgravity and even sound waves to think about when sending humans to the Red Planet.

Cosmic radiation can be deadly, especially if a solar storm hits. How can we protect astronauts once they leave the...

Without gravity, things get interesting (especially when it comes to showering!) as NASA astronaut Stanley G. Love...