Interviews with Scientists

This week in science history saw, in 1999, the death of Daniel Nathans, microbiologist and co-winner of the 1978 Nobel...

The melting of the Greenland Ice Sheets is accelerating and Jonathan Bamber discusses the evidence...

Where do stars and planets come from? Mark Mcaughrean explains all...

The Rosetta mission aims to do something never doen before, and that's land on a comet. Professor Ian Wright...

Dr Matt Balme dicusses the changes that sculpt the surface of Mars...

Scientists at the University of Wurzburg in Germany have teamed up with their colleagues in Leipzig and also in Paris...

Measuring changes in body temperature can give you vital hints as to when to conceive. We find out about a new...

We talk to Julian Norman-Taylor about In Vitro Fertilization, what it is, and when it can be used.

We look at some refinements to IVF, controlling the environment of the embryos more carefully.

Chris Smith finds out about the most distant object ever discovered and how this has improved our understanding of our...

We find out about the life of a pathologist and what events we have to look forward to as part of National Pathology...

This Week in Science History saw on the 4th of November 1922 the first discovery of the entrance to the tomb of...

How we could be one step closer to making our own spider-based glues...

This week's Kitchen Science requires no equipment - just you, your brain and your arms!

Ed Wild explores how understanding our bodies immune response to huntington's disease could help develop a...

David Wraith explains how we may be able to damp down Multiple Sclerosis by de-sensitizing our immune system...

Professor Julie Williams and her team at Cardiff University recently discovered a pair of genes that seem to be linked...

This week in Science History saw the birth of Tetsuya Fujita, also known as Ted and ‘Mr Tornado’. Fujita dedicated his...

A new non-stick coating could give insects the slip, and prevent infestations...

Laura Soul investigates the effects of reaching high altitudes with Andrew Murray...

Ben Valsler speaks to Laura Soul about how her body responded to her trek up to Everest Base Camp, including exerts...

The processes that make mountains, plate tectonics, may also have given rise to the current ice age. Dennis Kent...

Richard Van Noorden reveals the winners of this years Nobel Science prizes as well as an insight into why their work...

Tech expert Chris Vallance looks at the technology highlights from over the summer and investigates the effect of the...