Interviews with Scientists

Why bother having sex at all? Many species merely clone themselves, ensuring that all of their DNA gets into the next...

Tell tale chemical evidence of sponges represents the earliest evidence of complex life - in rocks up to 750 million...

Meera joins Chris Vallance and Mark Ward to discuss the Consumer Electronics Show, and what to expect in home...

New evidence from an old cave could cast light on how our ancestors lived 2 million years ago, as Meera Senthilingam...

Plants make it, bees collect it, and now Propolis could be protecting farmed fish from fungi. Meera spoke to Kelvin...

Building flexible electronics could enable us to make artificial limbs with feelings, or even implant electronics under...

A new way of manufacturing LEDs could see household bills slashed, and even provide clean drinking water wherever it...

How can nanotechnology tell us about antibiotic resistant bacteria? - With tiny diving boards, of course...

A sheet of carbon one atom thick could read the entire human genome in just a few hours. Dr Henk Postma explains more...

Porous Nanospheres could deliver drugs to exactly where they're needed - but we must make sure that the body can...

Metal-Organic Frameworks, or MOFs, are a promising species of molecules which have enormous internal surface areas....

A car which silently repairs scratched paintwork, chipped windscreens or engine faults sounds fantastic, and may not be...

Window cleaners may be forced to join the unemployment line, as new technology lets the windows clean themselves...

Having a material which can tell you when it's cracked is one thing, but integrating it into existing systems is...

Are overweight parents more likely to have obese children? It could be that a mother's diet has lifelong...

Scientists have discovered methane on Mars, which comes and goes with the seasons. Could this be evidence of...

Obesity is a huge problem, but what makes us obese? Steve Bloom joins us from Imperial College London to explain why...

Liposuction may be the easiest way to lose weight quickly, though it's an expensive option. But how does it...

Next time you have a headache, don't take an aspirin - make your own! It seems that humans can manufacture their...

How is indoor snow made? For places like the Milton Keynes SNO!Zone, real snow is essential to the experience - but do...

Does champagne go straight to your head? What is it about the bubbles that makes you get more drunk, more quickly?...

Earlier this year, a new and fatal strain of virus was discovered in South Africa after a patient was flown in from...

Understanding the origins of HIV will not only help us to find ways to treat the disease itself, but can also help us...

Predicting where in the world diseases are likely to emerge can help us prepare for them, and even try to prevent them...