Interviews with Scientists

June 2014 was the hottest since records began. Why, and how is this impacting on conditions in Antarctica?

Argo is a system of 3600 floating mini-laboratories observing the temperatures, salinity, and currents in the oceans....

Multiple sclerosis is a condition caused by immune cells attacking parts of the nervous system. Now there are two new...

Plants thrive on UV, but why? And how can their responses to these high-energy wavelengths of light be used to boost...

Apart from a dissolving teaspoon, the element gallium might hold the key to making more powerful processors for...

What’s it like to hear voices? Is it hallucination or normal human experience?

When an epithelial stem cell divides, why does one of the new cells remain a stem cell while the other becomes a...

A beetle pheromone that lures nematode worms to an insect host can also stop their development or even kill them...

The genes responsible for antibiotics can spread between the three domains of life—Archaea, Bacteria and Eukaryotes

Some bacteria can survive and thrive despite not having a cell wall.

It may be possible to use one drug, rather than several, to tackle viral infections.

The Reproducibility Project: Cancer Biology will replicate selected experiments from 50 high-impact papers

Tim Bussey, professor, budding rock star and performer explains how he's addressing scientific gender inequality...

Christmas carolling is one of the traditions that really has stood the test of time. But how and why do we sing?

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...