Interviews with Scientists

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...

What is the internet? What happens between when you type in a web-address and when the webpage loads? The Naked...

When we speak to our dogs, is anything going on behind those puppy-dog eyes?

To defeat pain...you must create pain.

A man went to the doctors complaining of a headache, strange smell sensations and fits. A worm in his brain was to...

Understanding genetic differences between mosquitoes that can and can't carry malaria will lead to better controls...

To boldly go... just make sure you don't have any hitchhikers.

Lunar Mission One launches a crowdfunding drive on Wednesday, which offers donors a chance to have a digital memory box...

The 5:2 diet, or intermittent fasting, has become an increasingly popular strategy to achieve weight loss. But does it...

A 70 kg man has climbed a glass wall using Spiderman style technology, by mimicking the feet of geckos.

Sneaky seals have learned to listen out for acoustic tags on fish to find their next meal.