Putting numbers on how well looked after the animals that end up on our plate are...
Interviews with Scientists
Interviews about medicine, science, technology and engineering with scientists and researchers internationally...
23 December 2013
23 hours in the air, crossing 12 time zones and covering 18, 000 km, on a mission to uncover the brain down under.
16 December 2013
Limb defects caused by the drug thalidomide can help us to understand the condition clubfoot.
16 December 2013
What organises cells to form structures in the body?
16 December 2013
How do eggs turn from one cell into a structured network of over a trillion cells?
16 December 2013
What determines the shape of cells?
16 December 2013
Can learning to play a musical instrument in childhood affect your intelligence?
13 December 2013
How does genetic information get passed around?
13 December 2013
Drugs and creatures from the depths: what can we learn by comparing DNA sequences?
12 December 2013
We talk to Professor David Nutt for his top neuroscience nuggets of 2013.
12 December 2013
We talk to Professor David Nutt for his top neuroscience nuggets of 2013.
12 December 2013
We talk to Professor David Nutt for his top neuroscience nuggets of 2013.
10 December 2013
This month's Gene of the Month is a bit on the large side - it’s called Tubby.
10 December 2013
Professor James Sharpe is using mathematical models to understand how vertebrates like mammals and birds build a...
10 December 2013
Professor Jan Traas and his team at ENS in Lyon are using computer programmes to understand how flowers grow into...
10 December 2013
Anja Geitmann's work has featured in the media with headlines such as “sex in space!” But what is she actually...
10 December 2013
Dr Veronica Grieneisen from the John Innes Centre in Norwich, is figuring out how cells know which way is up, and...
10 December 2013
Different environments harbour different micro-organisms. So how does this affect fish species?
10 December 2013
What's the best way to create a marine reserve, and do these human no-go zones really work?
10 December 2013
Helen Scales accompanied a recent Columbia University expedition to Fiji to study marine biodiversity and conservation.
10 December 2013
One of the most endangered marine ecosystems are Caribbean coral reefs that have seen a massive die-off of the main...
10 December 2013
Pitcairn inhabitants are lobbying to create the world's largest marine reserve, of nearly a million square...
10 December 2013
Plastic particles pose a hazard for marine worms, cutting their food intake and slowing growth, with knock-on effects...