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...
The surfaces of asteroids may be so unstable, that any attempt to land on one might cause long-distance avalanches of...
Future robotic rovers on the Moon could find that moon dust sticks to them electrostatically, meaning they will be...
What will be the last life left on earth? Bacteria, or cockroaches?
Jack O'Malley James tells me that life is likely to live deep underground in two billion years' time.
It is not just professional astronomers who observe the Sun, as Lee Macdonald tells me.
A new survey is monitoring how solar storms trigger unusual electric fields on Earth, to help understand how to protect...
A new survey is monitoring how solar storms trigger unusual electric fields on Earth, to help understand how to protect...
The Dark Energy Survey has found 200 candidate supernovae at great distances, providing a test for dark energy.
The Dark Energy Survey has found 200 candidate supernovae at great distances, providing a test for dark energy.
David Southwood tells me why astronomy is about much more than understanding the Universe: it also has a tremendous...
Planning is underway to build a successor to the world's largest fully robotic telescope.
Planning is underway to build a successor to the world's largest fully robotic telescope.
Can gravitational lenses make distant quasars appear significantly brighter and easier to detect?
Can gravitational lenses make distant quasars appear significantly brighter and easier to detect?
Cameras launched on brief flights aboard sounding rockets have seen sparkles in the Sun's atmosphere.
Cameras launched on brief flights aboard sounding rockets have seen sparkles in the Sun's atmosphere.
David Southwood, President of the RAS, tells me why NAM is so important to him.
David Southwood, President of the RAS, tells me why NAM is so important to him.
Plants use molecular mathematics through the night to stave off starvation!
We can grow tissue in the dish in order to study biological processes. What about taking that information, and creating...
We find out how to scaffold a miniature breast in a dish, and what it can tell us.
Creating artificial models of the human body. How is this done, is it an accurate mimicry system and what can it tell...
What will the Juno spacecraft learn when it arrives in orbit around Jupiter in 2016?
We find out what makes the difference between casual backyard observers, and those who take scientifically valuable...