Interviews with Scientists

Well, one thing that is fairly ubiquitous to most adverts is the presence of a celebrity. Clutching a bottle of...

Neuromarketing is the use of behavioural and neurological studies to market and advertise products. But how exactly do...

Carl Gustaf Lundin head of IUCN's Global Marine Programme chooses our critter of the month

Looking back into oceans past, Poul Holm tells us about novel ways of understanding how the marine realm has changed.

Legendary oceans explorer, Sylvia Earle, shares her thoughts on the Census of Marine Life.

As well as identifying what lives beneath the waves, the Census also investigated how animals move around and use the...

The task of cataloguing ocean diversity has been thrust into the 21st century by cutting edge genetic tools.

Census co-founder, Jesse Ausabel, tells us about how it all began

This week, astronomers at the University of California, Santa Cruz and also from the Carnegie Institution of Washington...

Over the past few weeks, scientists have been carrying out the first geological survey since the 1930s of England’s...

Historically, scientists thought that the most severe form of malaria, known as falciparum malaria, first spread into...

A satellite designed to measure the Earth’s gravitational field with unprecedented accuracy may sound like something...

Using computers to read the mind might seem more suited to the pages of a sci-fi thriller, but scientists are edging...

As well as helping us to understand what’s going on in the brain when it’s at work, brain scanning techniques can also...

Researchers from Bristol University recently reported on a development in quantum computing that could bring this...

In the latest of our features from the Planet Earth Podcast Team, Richard Hollingham accept reports from the Plymouth...

And now it's time for some Pi - not the food but the number. Julia Graham met Professor Robin Wilson to find out a...

If the joints in your hands and feet are stiff and for an hour or more in the mornings, you may be suffering from...

What constitutes a good night sleep? Here in the UK, we’re told that it’s a solid 8 hours overnight, tucked up in bed...

An important aspect of science festival is the diversity of people, interests, and talents coming together to celebrate...

Robin Lovell-Badge is from the National Institute for Medical Research and he’s been researching public opinion of...