Interviews with Scientists

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.

A new research study investigates whether teenagers exposure to tobacco adverts can predict their smoking habits.

Our gene of the month has a rather cheesy flavour.

Could Mr Spock's Tricorder device be the future of bedside genetic technology?

Mutant mosquitoes have lost their sense of smell, potentially leading to new repellents.

Angelina Jolie announced she has had a double mastectomy after learning she has an 87 per cent risk of breast cancer.

Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys, the inventor of DNA fingerprinting, explains where he thinks the technology is heading

Natalia spoke earlier about growing up and studying in St Petersburg, and her current work in Europe. Would she ever...

Are human and rodent brains similar? Can you take live human brain tissue, slice it, and study it in the dish to find...

Immersing my self in Russian culture: the banya and getting whipped with birch leaves.....

Moving from infant brain development to the teenage brain, with a shock finding on how nicotine in cigarettes affects...

Dr Rosamund Langston, Dundee University, taking a twist with neuroscience, looking at infants to better understand...

How Russian neuroscience research is getting a collosal injection of cash from the government.

Why would two Scottish based neuroscientists organise a conference in Siberia? What are the Russian strengths in...

From Irkutsk neuroscientists took a holiday to get over the jetlag and relax before the science began.

Does our mood affect the way we taste food? Paul Breslin explains what happens to our taste for fat when we're...