Interviews with Scientists

Can computer games boost memory? Are there tricks to help people with ADHD or dyslexia? And what does anxiety do to...

How do children learn about physics and scientific reasoning? And do those with autism learn about the world in a...

How do we learn new words? Can babies learn language from inside the womb? At what age can we first understand grammar?

Richard O'Connor hides toys from tots to explore how babies' brains develop learning and memory skills...

How genetics are used to screen embryo's for disease, could couples create designer babies, and should the...

With more and more people getting their DNA sequenced, Yaniv Erlich from MIT discusses how to keep the data private.

How do developing countries gain access to treatments? And why do drugs cost so much in the first place?

In the UK our National Health Service has limits on its budgets. How do we decide which treatments we can afford to...

Billions of bugs are already on and inside a baby within the first few days of life - but where do they come from? We...

Conditions are predicted to reach fever pitch at the World Cup in Brazil, with fears over Dengue fever outbreak.

The science of how DJ's mix seamlessly so that we can dance through tune transitions

This new prize offers £10 million to individuals who can solve 6 pressing modern day problems.

We know bacteria can play a role in environmental clean ups, but what about nature’s recyclers, fungi?

Joel Kostka investigated in how microorganisms played a role in cleaning up the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon Oil...

Getting us to grips with this often misunderstood condition here’s the Naked Scientists Quick Fire Science, I’m joined...

Microorganisms might hold the key to recovering precious and rare metals used in smartphones and other electronics...

Microorganisms thriving in extreme conditions reveal how life might flourish in outer space...

Why don't ctopuses end up tying their arms in knots?

This week astronomers announced that the Gemini Planet Imager is enabling them to actually "see" exoplanets

Researchers have developed a test that uses the levels of gene activity to spot women who are about to deliver their...

A new study has shown that women in their second trimester may be at a 40% higher risk of being involved in life-...

Given there is no biological treatment available, how best to help those children affected by autism, both at school...

Debunking the myth environmental pollutants play a role, asking how testosterone shapes the brain in the womb, and...

To find out how this very heterogenous condition affects one person, I spoke with 27 year old Robyn Steward.