Interviews with Scientists

Interviews about medicine, science, technology and engineering with scientists and researchers internationally...

01 August 2014

How do different species remain distinct if they can mate with each other to produce hybrid offspring?

01 August 2014

Viewing a visual stimulus whilst running helps mice that have lost their sight in one eye to make a near-complete...

01 August 2014

Using computer vision and machine learning to analyse photos of faces can assist in the diagnosis of rare genetic...

31 July 2014

Initial results are in for the worlds first ever vaccine for Parkinson’s disease, and it looks promising.

31 July 2014

Drugs to make you smarter, helmets to induce creativity, brain scans to convict people and mind findings in military...

25 July 2014

Bill Amos explains how DNA from whale dandruff holds the key to unlocking their family dynamics...

25 July 2014

Mark Spalding from the Conservation Science Laboratory explains how coral reefs are being affected by climate change...

25 July 2014

Viola Ross-Smith from the British Trust for Ornithology explains how to catch and track a seabird....

25 July 2014

Lloyd Peck of the British Antarctic Survey explains how some creatures in the Antarctic, like sea spiders grow to giant...

18 July 2014

When bacteria or viruses become extinct this is usually a cause for celebration, but can we ever be sure that they are...

18 July 2014

Moss recovered frozen from Antarctica and dating back 2000 years began to grow when it thawed out...

18 July 2014

With the planet in the middle of its 6th mass extinction event, does de-extinction hold any hope for the species we are...

18 July 2014

Could a resurrection of an ancient species, as seen in Jurassic Park, ever actually be possible?

18 July 2014

Why was a population of ancient humans munching on a rather foul tasting weed, even after the dawn of agriculture?

18 July 2014

Up to a third of cases of Alzheimer's disease could be preventable by being fitter and healthier, new research...

18 July 2014

Many animals across the world walk the same way to find food, and evidence of this hunting behaviour is even present in...

18 July 2014

Genes don't just control the way we look and what diseases we may develop: they also determine who we choose to...

15 July 2014

o human has visited the lunar surface since December 1972 - Is it time we went back?

15 July 2014

We heard all about grand plans to further explore the lunar surface and to mine the moon, but who, if anyone, has the...

14 July 2014

The Google Lunar XPrize is offering $30 million to anyone who can send a robot to the moon, move it 500m and beam back...

14 July 2014

Today many countries are competing to return to the Moon, including China, Japan and India. But what are they all...

14 July 2014

One of the greatest legacies of Apollo 11 is the 383 kilos of moon rock that the astronauts lugged back to Earth. What...

14 July 2014

A conservation group published an image of an elephant that appeared to be crying - is that possible?

14 July 2014

Computer scientists at IBM have discovered a way to use food sales information to pinpoint the sources of food-...