Interviews with Scientists

How thousands of years of selective breeding have turned teosinte into maize...

We examine the environmental cost of the aviation industry and the potential for mitigation strategies...

Radar stations can track distant objects, but how does radar work, and what are its shortcomings?

Three billion journeys are made by air every year. Are these passengers cruising for an infectious bruising?

New technology enables jet engine engineers at Rolls-Royce to monitor the health of their engines even in flight...

What does a study of 50 years of rock and pop reveal about the way music has evolved in half a Century?

Nearly 100% of respondents said they wanted to know what genetic risks might be lurking in their genomes...

NASA’s Messenger probe crashed into Mercury in April 2015. But what did Messenger discover during four years orbiting...

Balls of tumour tissue grown from a patient's cancer cane be used to optimise and personalise tumour treatments...

Our gene of the month may be small, but it's surprisingly important.

This month I went along to the Imperial College festival to check out the exhibitions, and an interactive tree of...

As we head towards the summer, we've got some news that might be useful if you're heading off on vacation...

This month I’m reporting back from the Genetics Society Spring meeting, Breeding for bacon, biofuels and beer, with...

Millions of people live close to volcanoes, but what danger are they in, and are there any long term health effects...

Falling ash and scorching pyroclastic flows are the most dangerous elements of an eruption. How do they work?

Eruptions are dramatic events that tear apart mountains. But what is actually going on inside an erupting volcano?

What are volcanoes more common in certain places, what triggers and eruption, and can volcanic activity be predicted...?

The panelists talk about their favourite games, whether games can change your brain, and the dawn of eSports.

Can technology from video games be used outside the entertainment industry?

How do you go about making a video game? And how has the industry evolved since the 1980s?

Can video games boost your brain power, and do they have a place in the classroom?

What is it about video games that so many people love? And are they inherently addictive?

When did video games first become popular? Take a trip down memory lane to the arcades of the 80s...

From the Apple Watch to contact lenses that can check up on you, find out about what's next for wearable...