Interviews with Scientists

Interviews about medicine, science, technology and engineering with scientists and researchers internationally...

08 August 2010

Fergal Grace explains how a well timed and well controlled diet can provide the energy for endurance...

08 August 2010

Nutritionists Matt Rabin and Mark Qod explain how our diets can not only give us the energy we need for endurance, but...

08 August 2010

We meet sprint cyclist Tyler Farrar to find out how he puts the technology, nutrition, and fitness together to try and...

08 August 2010

As well as mending broken bikes, the cyclists may need broken bones mended, which is when team medic, Shannon Sovndal,...

08 August 2010

Cyclists on the Tour de France cover between 150 and 200 kilometres every day, for three weeks, with only two rest days...

01 August 2010

Turning a farm into a city and then back again, is no easy feat. For the festival to run smoothly there must be...

01 August 2010

The Glastonbury organisers pride themselves on doing as much possible to reduce their impact - not just on the farm...

01 August 2010

Ben meets Mark and Lorraine - shipbuilders who used recycled plastics to produce the playship that dominates the...

01 August 2010

Helen Heathfield explains how festivals compare with more traditional forms of entertainment when it comes to...

01 August 2010

Will Luton explains why a festival is good place to get environmental issues across...

01 August 2010

Melanie Tompkins explains Water Aid's role and presence at Glastonbury...

01 August 2010

Ben Valsler chats with The Optimum Population Trust about their message at Glastonbury and for the wider world...

01 August 2010

Michelle Osbourn from the Somerset Wildlife Trust explains how they're trying to tackle the loss of biodiversity...

01 August 2010

Alex Gadsden tells us about his pedal-powered washing machine - how it works and what it can do.

01 August 2010

Baba Brinkman on his own brand of hip-hop, and bringing science to the poetry and spoken word tent at Glastonbury.

01 August 2010

Paloma Faith discusses why Glastonbury is so important for a performer and how the environmental message hits home.

01 August 2010

Stand-up comedian Josie Long, performing in the cabaret tent, feels that politics and environmental messages have a...

01 August 2010

Broadcaster and comedian Robin Ince incorporates a great deal of science into his comedy, quoting from Carl Sagan,...

25 July 2010

A vaginal gel containing the anti-AIDS drug tenofovir halves transmission rates of HIV amongst women...

25 July 2010

For this month's tech segment, Meera chats to Chris Vallance about the first ever Vintage Computer Festival held...

18 July 2010

Why is nuclear waste such a problem? To find out more about how nuclear fission works, the waste it creates and the...

18 July 2010

About 12,000 tonnes of radioactive waste is produced around the world every year and at the moment they need to be...

18 July 2010

What limits the power of fusion reactors at the moment is how to make an exhaust system that can cope with the extreme...

18 July 2010

On the 16th of July 1945, the project code name Trinity was put into action. Trinity was the first test of an atomic...