Superglue could be used to recycle plastic into more useful products
Interviews with Scientists
Interviews about medicine, science, technology and engineering with scientists and researchers internationally...
07 July 2013
Our gene of the month is Antennapedia, which literally means “antenna feet”.
07 July 2013
Female mammals have two X chromosomes, while males are XY. This double dose of X can cause problems, as Professor Edith...
07 July 2013
The UK government has given the green light to 3-person IVF. We take a look at the technology and implications.
07 July 2013
The US Supreme Court has ruled that Myriad Genetics can't keep their BRCA gene patents. What are the implications?
07 July 2013
The way that we do sex - at least on a genetic level - isn’t the only way to do it. To find out more, I spoke to...
04 July 2013
Why do tumours become resistant to chemotherapy? New modelling research reveals ways to stop this from happening...
04 July 2013
What can we learn from huge surveys of the sky?
04 July 2013
How do we know dark matter exists and how do we detect it?
01 July 2013
Can the need for dark matter in cosmology be escaped by modifying the laws of gravity?
01 July 2013
What do we know about dark matter and dark energy? Catherine Heymans gives me an update.
01 July 2013
Until now, it was thought red dwarf stars could host habitable planets. But are their solar winds too strong?
30 June 2013
What can we learn from huge surveys of the sky?
30 June 2013
With his own telescope Tom Boles has personally discovered more supernovae than any other human in history. But how has...
30 June 2013
With his own telescope Tom Boles has personally discovered more supernova than any other human in history. I asked him...
30 June 2013
The surfaces of asteroids may be so unstable, that any attempt to land on one might cause long-distance avalanches of...
30 June 2013
Future robotic rovers on the Moon could find that moon dust sticks to them electrostatically, meaning they will be...
30 June 2013
What will be the last life left on earth? Bacteria, or cockroaches?
30 June 2013
Jack O'Malley James tells me that life is likely to live deep underground in two billion years' time.
30 June 2013
It is not just professional astronomers who observe the Sun, as Lee Macdonald tells me.
30 June 2013
A new survey is monitoring how solar storms trigger unusual electric fields on Earth, to help understand how to protect...
30 June 2013
A new survey is monitoring how solar storms trigger unusual electric fields on Earth, to help understand how to protect...
30 June 2013
The Dark Energy Survey has found 200 candidate supernovae at great distances, providing a test for dark energy.
30 June 2013
The Dark Energy Survey has found 200 candidate supernovae at great distances, providing a test for dark energy.
30 June 2013
David Southwood tells me why astronomy is about much more than understanding the Universe: it also has a tremendous...