Interviews with Scientists

We find out how best to impress at the dinner table this year with some super science experiments...

No Christmas is complete without some terrible cracker jokes but why do we find them so funny?

Even for experienced cooks, Christmas dinner is a challenge. But how good (or bad) a meal tastes isn't all down...

There are a lot of mixed messages about the risks and rewards of drinking wine. So, what's true and what's...

There have been a number of mass-extinctions previously on Earth. Is another one on the cards? And if so, could...

250 million years ago, life on Earth looked very different, both in the sea and on land. What wiped these strange...

65 million years ago, dinosaurs ruled the Earth, until suddenly they all vanished off the planet forever. What killed...

Giant marsupials used to roam Australia, but when humans arrived 60 000 years ago, they suddenly became extinct. Did...

With the Christmas party season in full swing, some of us may be piling on the pounds. Could popping a pill melt away...

Do you believe the hype? Universities guilty of 'sexing up' science, leading to a saturation of media...

Male macaques who have strong friendships cope with stress much better than loners.

E-cigarette use continues to grow. But are health claims and boosts in quit rates all smoke and mirrors, or based on...

Using a laser to recreate comet and asteroid impacts on the early Earth, scientists have discovered the chemical...

Our gene of the month is Shibire, named after the Japanese word for “limbs going to sleep”.

Elizabeth Murchison studies two rare transmissible cancers, affecting dogs and Tasmanian devils, that can be spread...

Scott Waddell is figuring out how fruit flies decide what to do when faced with a range of choices, such as eating or...

Sheena Josselyn is searching for the engram - the mysterious place in the brain where memories are stored, focusing...

How does an opera singer reach and hold the high notes?

Owls fly nearly noiselessly, but how? And can we adapt their approach to make quieter aircraft?

Our ears allow us to hear a huge range of sounds, but how do they turn sound waves into brain waves?

What is sound, and how is it produced and how can computer trickery change the voice?

With the positive and negative power of the internet, should it ever be regulated?

The secret realm of the Internet used for both shady dealings and freedom of expression.

Want to learn a language for free? Find out how the Internet is allowing projects like DuoLingo to thrive...