Interviews with Scientists

Meera explores the RHS Chelsea Flower show to discover how the help our rainforests and entice wildlife into her garden...

This week the J Craig Venter Institute announced the creation to huge fanfare of a brand new synthetic microorganism...

2010 is the International Year of Biodiversity, and as part of that, BioBlitz events will be going on across the...

An iconic animal, the Tasmanian Devil is under threat from a type of cancer that can be transmitted between individuals...

Human Papillomavirus or HPV is the main cause of the majority of cases of cervical cancer. Professor Margaret Stanley...

Cervical screening helps to catch cancers before they become a problem, but what actually happens to a sample after it’...

Researchers have discovered why Tibetans who have a taste for the high life are much better able to tolerate low oxygen...

What do we mean when we talk about Synthetic Biology? What does it involve? Dr Jim Haseloff from Cambridge University...

Meera Senthilingam catches up with members of a team from Cambridge University that took part in the iGEM 2009 project...

One of the main aims that scientists have for synthetic biology is to be able to take what nature has already made and...

Researchers in Toronto and in Cambridge have made a major breakthrough in understanding how DNA works. More...

Meera explored Grand Designs Live at London's Excel centre to find greener ways to fill your home with gadgets...

The Lancet has published a study into the benefits of looking at your genome to help personalise your medicine. Dr....

How does the GPS in your car actually work? And what does the future hold for GPS? Meera went to meet Dr Chaz Dixon and...

Professor Todd Humphreys explains how it may be possible to intentionally fool your GPS into thinking you're...

Chopo Ma explains the Cosmic Positioning System used to locate our satellites...

A new genetic analysis of nearly 2,000 people from all over the globe suggests that our ancestors interbred with...

Colin Renfrew explains how genetics can be used to learn more about our ancestry...

Helen Donoghue explains how analysing bacteria from ancient fossils can help us learn more about the evolution of...

As well as following the way populations have changed and migrated, we can use modern genetic techniques to really get...

Professor Andy Fabian, President of the Royal Astronomical Society, explains who the RAS are, the important role of...

Professor John Brown explains why 2010 is an important year for astronomy at Glasgow University, and gives a brief...

Cosmic Vision is ESA's way of setting out the future of space missions. Mark McCaughrean explains more...

Astronomers and Cosmologists seek to understand the origins of the universe – but as this was billions of years ago, we...