Interviews with Scientists

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...

What can we learn from observations of giants planets like Jupiter?

How much structure can amateur astronomers see on Jupiter?

And closing this month’s show, Dr Karen Ersche describes her new finding, and how it keeps her motivated to continue...

What is it like to live with addiction? Toby Peters talks about creativity helping with addiction recovery.

We’ve all seen headlines about addiction, whether it be to the internet, food, or drugs of abuse. We get a scientists...

There are at least two places in the body where blood vessels are discouraged from growing and both are in the eye -...

One of the founders of Ecovative Design explains how they use mushroom mycelium to replace plastic foam and building...

Tom Bruns explains why some mushrooms are poisonous and how one mushroom toxin is helping us understand RNA...

Author Nicholas Evans accidentally ate the poisonous deadly webcap mushroom, destroying his kidneys. He explains what...

Alison Ashby explains why fungi are so fascinating and how they communicate with plants

How did multicellular life evolve? Ancient ancestors of ours, the choanoflagellates, might give us a clue...

Scientists have identified the bug that caused the Irish potato famine...

Chris speaks to scientist and eLife Deputy Editor, Fiona Watt,about the free journal.

Scientists are working out how Hep B and Hep D are entering liver cells, research that could help up to a third of the...

What happens when you drive in fog? Often low visibility is blamed for accidents in these conditions, but how fast are...

How did our cells come by their nucleosomes? They help pack DNA tightly inside our cell nuclei and control when genes...

Heather Lunt tells us how the human body shuts down when immersed in extremely cold water...

How does 'lung packing' help professional freedivers prepare for the low oxygen and high pressure enviroment...

Intensive care units are looking to mountaineers to learn how to improve oxygen uptake in their patients.