Interviews with Scientists

DNA technology can be used for a huge variety of applications - from keeping birds away from airports to analyzing...

Why are the waters of the Antarctic so different from the rest of the world?

Renewable energy farms can only produce power when the sun shines or the wind blows, but new cheaper batteries allow...

Sabrina Hahn talks about her work building gardens with the indigenous population of the Kimberleys...

Joel Williams takes Victoria Gill on a scientific fishing trip for Black Bream...

How nitrogen fixation improves soil...

Patients who have heart attacks often report having strange experiences including seeing bright lights. But what causes...

By dating stars and looking at how they're moving, astronomers are trying to work out where the stars of the Milky...

By dating stars and looking at how they're moving, astronomers are trying to work out where the stars of the Milky...

Astronomers are starting to glean some first clues as to what the atmospheres of planets circling around other stars...

Astronomers are starting to glean some first clues as to what the atmospheres of planets circling around other stars...

Flashes of gamma-ray radiation in the sky have puzzled astronomers for decades, but some may be caused by collisions...

Flashes of gamma-ray radiation in the sky have puzzled astronomers for decades, but some may be caused by collisions...

The Gaia spacecraft, scheduled for launch by the European Space Agency this autumn, will make the most detailed map of...

The Gaia spacecraft, scheduled for launch by the European Space Agency this autumn, will make the most detailed map of...

Our gene of the month is Eyeless - a master switch that's used across many different organisms to create eyes.

Differences in genetic makeup has a big effect on childhood susceptibility to infections, as Professor Mike Levin...

Cancer Research UK scientists have announced an ambitious project to track the evolution of lung cancer in more than...

Researchers have published the first results from an ambitious study to knock out, or delete, every gene in mice.

Why do some people fight off infections easily while others become seriously ill? The answer is in our genes, as Dr...

With hundreds of daddy longlegs filling the air in Cambridge we wanted to find out why there are so many around

In order to investigate fake laughter and the contagious power of giggles I visited a yogic laughter clinic!

Building a tickle machine: a robot, holding a feather duster, to find out why people with schizophrenia can tickle...

A five year olds favourite joke and how does humour develop in babies?