Interviews with Scientists

One of the seven problems have been solved but the Russian who found the solution refused the money. We hear his story...

If you have to pop the shoe shop, the bank and the grocers, which way is quickest? How do computers work this out and...

If the Navier Stokes equation is solved, it would lead to advances in a huge number of fields, including travel,...

Primes are the atoms of number theory, but we still can't work out how they're distributed on a number line...

The Millennium Maths Problems, if solved, could revolutionise our World but what will it take to crack them? And what...

Screaming is something we're all programmed to do but why and what makes a scream so alarming?

You can pay for your shopping using your iPhone, thanks to Apple Pay! How is this and tech like it changing the way we...

A binge-eating fish in Mexico shares a genetic mutation found in obese people but unlike humans, these fish stay...

The Cambridge University Eco Racing team have unveiled their solar powered car, Evolution ahead of the World Solar...

The decay-fighting ingredient in toothpaste - sodium fluoride - can predict your heart attack risk.

Do you have what it takes to become a drone racer?

EDSAC is one of the mos important computers in British history, and is currently being recreated in a Cambridge garage...

It’s time for our mythical Gene of the Month - and this time it’s Ariadne.

Researchers are finding more and more roles in cells for small fragments of RNA, as Cold Spring Harbor's Rob...

People who inherit the same versions of certain genes from mum and dad, are shorter and do less well at school. Peter...

Researchers at Imperial College have tracked down a new gene involved in severe obesity and type 2 diabetes. Alex...

More people are starting to talk about epigenetics, but what's it all about? To find out I spoke to Robin Allshire...

Connecting to public Wi-Fi could mean you hand over the keys to your personal data.

When you go online, who is tracking your behaviour and why?

Can a shift to digital records help hospitals use big data to improve health care?

This year the BBC micro:bit computer will be given out free to every 11 year old in Britain, to encourage them to learn...

A new, free programme allows people to write and play music, simply by using code.

What's the best way to get people into coding, and is it really that important?

Body armour is a key weapon in the fight against explosives and can be made from all kinds of materials from ceramics...