Interviews with Scientists

Finding meteors isn't too tricky, but working out where they came from is a different kettle of fish altogether...

Philae touched down on a comet back in 2014 but what has this revealed about the Kuiper Belt?

Should our time and money be going towards projects that are closer to home?

A new cancer treatment, which uses MRI scanners to target tumours, has been unveiled...

A new polymer, which changes colour on impact, could help assess the severity of head injuries for soldiers and...

Australia recently launched its National Science Week, kicking things off with Perth Science Festival...

Google's open-source, modular phone has had to be delayed, but will we see more, similar products in future?

Whistled Turkish is an intriguing both for its unusual form and for its ways of being processed in the brain, new...

Symmetry in faces is often linked with attractiveness, but why is this the case?

Symmetry underpins much of modern physics and maths but what exactly is it?

Symmetry and physics have become completely inseparable over the last century, but how do they fit together?

What is a 'Theory of Everything' and do we have a chance of finding one?

More people have access to a mobile phone than to a proper toilet, but there are researchers working to change this.

Why do some sexual practices, like incest, cause us to feel disgust? And can our views on what is disgusting change...

Men are from Mars and women are from Venus- when it comes to disgust that might just be true- at least in the...

We all know the feeling that disgust brings with it, but what exactly is disgust, and why have we evolved it?

Zebras' stripes make it difficult for predators to catch them- or that's what we thought before new...

Jumping on water is a difficult feat, but by copying pond skaters, researchers have developed a robot that can manage...

Rock formations can give clues about the climate in the past, but until now, we could only guess at how these...

Regrowing nerves is vital if limbs that have been reattached are to be fully functional.

A new approach to combating all forms of the flu has been discovered.

Our gene of the month is Lava lamp, named after the hypnotic novelty lamp.

Adrian Bird is studying the proteins that bind DNA methylation, with the hope of finding a treatment for the genetic...

Mark Zylka has discovered how an overactive version of a molecule called UBE3A may cause a type of autism.