Interviews with Scientists

Across the developed world we tend to take it for granted that we can simply plug in a kettle or a computer and there’s...

One of the outstanding problems in energy provision is how to store it in such a way that it can be accessed rapidly...

Small-scale turbines that can harness energy locally from winds, tides or rivers can be a valuable asset in bringing...

Planet Earth Podcast Presenter, Richard Hollingham, visited a small, hot, humid room at the University of Leeds. Inside...

The discovery of bacteria that can not only survive in waters rich in toxic arsenic, but actually use it as part of it...

Wednesday, December the 1st is going to be World Aids Day and 2011 actually marks the 30th anniversary of the discovery...

In July this year, five devastated a Surrey beauty spot. Fire fighters from three counties tackled the blaze on...

The Herschel-ATLAS survey has identified a number of galaxies acting as lenses, magnifing distant galaxies and allowing...

The International Space Station celebrated a decade of human habitation this month. We find out what life in orbit is...

Get the high-speed low-down on Saturn and it's enigmatic rings...

Meera and Dave explore the structures that can shape-shift from one shape to another - also known as bistable...

This week, the the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience took place in San Diego, California. This is the...

A visit to any British seaside is never complete without a good poke around in a rock pool and luckily for them, some...

We find out what impact cognition enhancers, or "smart drugs" have on the brain, and ask why so many students...

Brain-boosting drugs raise some interesting ethical questions, ones that we’re likely to need to address more and more...

In the West we tend to view slim body shape as attractive and a sign of affluence. But how were plump and thin body...

An extinct horse found in Pompeii had DNA very different to modern horses. New research has solved this mystery- the...

Previously, we have believed that the Earth’s atmosphere turned oxygen-rich about 800 million years ago and this...

When American scientists discovered some tree fossils in 2007, they turned out to be 385 million years old. That makes...

Dave and Meera make some waves to find out how damaged ships interact with the movement of the sea...

How can we make shipping more sustainable? Tristan Smith from University College London is here to shed some light on...