Interviews with Scientists

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

During a period of the Bronze Age around 2000-700BC there was a strong cultural tendancy to cremate the dead. Why was...

Using mitochondrial DNA, Ugo Perego has shown that the peopling of the Americas thousands of years ago was far more...

Using state-of-the-art laser scanning technology, a team led by Gary Staab has made an exact replica of Tutankhamun...

In the wild, a gene that produces an organism’s chances of surviving increases their odds of reproducing. It’s usually...

We explore photodynamic therapy and photochemical internalisation - cancer treatments involving lasers...

A new technique is being developed that uses lasers to look at individual molecules. This could be used for faster...

A few weeks ago on the Naked Scientists, we heard how a highly focused laser beam can be used as if it were a pair of...

The Deepwater Horizon oil spill added to the long list of problems that already threaten the Louisiana wetlands....

In 1996 the Sea Empress tanker ran aground spilling oil onto 120 miles of Welsh coastline. Helen visits West Angle Bay...

Oil spills not only cause problems for the shores they wash up on but also impact open ocean ecosystems. Amy Hirons...

Blue Ocean Institute president, Carl Safina, chooses our first critter of the month.

The Deepwater Horizon oil spill added to the long list of problems that already threaten the Louisiana wetlands....

In 1996 the Sea Empress tanker ran aground spilling oil onto 120 miles of Welsh coastline. Helen visits West Angle Bay...

Oil spills not only cause problems for the shores they wash up on but also impact open ocean ecosystems. Amy Hirons...