Interviews with Scientists

Peter Kristensen and his team took on the myth that you can get drunk through your feet and reveal their findings...

Dr David Ferguson explains the appeal of the Afar Depression...

Darcy O'Neil explores the chemistry behind being shaken, not stirred....

Helen Scales brings your three of her twelve Marine Critters of Christmas...

We explore the importance of understanding ancient and aboriginal astronomy...

We visit the Whipple Museum of the History of Science, and discover a collection of Mars Globes and the story they tell...

All you need to know about the Hubble Space Telescope...

Stop light loose jaws bright red glow lets them see more that the average deep sea fish.

Alzheimer's disease is a common cause of cognitive decline among elderly people. An estimated one in every five...

In this week’s episode of Planet Earth we’re looking at one of Britain's best loved mammals, the elusive red...

Dave and Meera visited the Centre for Advanced Photonics and Electronics at Cambridge University to find out how...

Physicists might use sticky tape to extract and test graphene, but that's not much use when it comes to making...

Graphene is a very versatile material which we should soon see turning up in a range of applications. Dave spoke to...

Siphonophores or string jellies are another group of little known but beautiful deep sea critters.

Should turkey fish - also known as lion fish - be on the Christmas menu?

Does the mimic octopus have a split personality or does it just like dressing up?

Perfect miniature Christmas trees round off our choice of festive critters.

Chimaeras are little known relatives of sharks that get up to some odd things in the deep sea.

Sea snails that have lost their shells and flap their wings through open ocean get our seasonal critter fest started.

Meet the dugongs and manatees, the mysterious marine mammals that were once mistaken for mermaids.

Arctic terns are global champions flying from the South Pole to the North Pole and back every year.

Mantis shrimp have a lightening fast punch and the most complex eyes in the animal kingdom.

Diatoms are the gems of the ocean that lock up carbon and are vital for all sorts of other creatures from krill to...

Giant tube worms cope with many extremes in their homes on deep ocean black smokers.