Interviews with Scientists

Prior to about 1 billion years ago, all life on earth consisted of single-celled organisms. Then something happened to...

Comets plummeting into the Sun's atmosphere, why exercise can keep diabetes at bay, how the public are helping...

We explore the disovery of new species in the hydrothermal vents of Antarctica...

Apart from food, a major source of vitamin D is exposure to sunlight which makes the hormone in the skin. So, some sun...

An international consortium last year confirmed that aspirin can protect people with a genetic predisposition to bowel...

What is cybernetics? Does it include things like pacemakers and cochlear implants? How is it being used to treat...

How implanting a new chip which contains light sensors and an amplifier could be a treatment for impaired vision for...

Should we publish details of how to make viruses with pandemic potential? We explore the controversy and meet one of...

Scientists are moving closer to developing ways to interface with the brain and to decode what nerve cells are saying...

Solar storms can disrupt satellites, communications and power supplies and so scientists have now produced the first...

Smoking cessation, stars and planets, fungi fight lead pollution, and plants making a meal out of worms...

We hear about a new global network of protected areas for seabirds.

How to study the bird with the largest wings in the world.

Heather Mason Jones chooses a clever, colourful critter this month.

Free-runing, or parkour, is helping scientists understand how orang-utans move across a forest canopy...

Over 170 million people are infected with Hepatitis C worldwide and at the moment there is no effective vaccine. But...

Silkworms producing spider silk, new species discovered at hydrothermal vents in Antarctica, a gene providing new...

We explore just what goes on inside our bodies to cause the flatulence resulting from eating Brussels sprouts...

The team discuss what they would most like to get under their tree this Christmas...

We explore how African lungfish are providing insight into the evolution of walking, the design of the world's...

An international team led by Roy Wogelius from the University of Manchester has developed a new technique that reveals...

We were joined by Professor Karmadillo, with a festive musical take on the recent news from CERN that they have seen...

Given that people are increasingly using crowd source data in their research, are old style stats still up to the job...

Richard Hollingham investigates why ozone depletion sparked unanimous change around the World in 1987 and whether a...