Interviews with Scientists

In a box hidden in a corner of the lab belonging to the late Stanley Miller was an experiment which could explain the...

Can your friends, their friends, and even their friends' friends, boost your chances of becoming obese? James...

The Population Institute were our kind hosts in LA, but who are they, and what do they do? I spoke to Bill Ryerson,...

We were proud to receive the Best Radio Show Award at this year's Global Media Awards - Jennie Wetter explains...

Do plants suffer from jetlag? We meet Steve Kay at UCSD, who invited us to his forest laboratory to explain how plants...

Sensing our environment is vital - from chemical leaks to terrorist attacks, an ability to accurately and quickly...

As part of a trip to the Naked Cafe on Solana Beach, we met Hans Paar to discuss the birth of the universe...

We hear about a recent government competition to help us make better use of the web.

Analysis of DNA and early remains can reveal the hunting techniques of our ancestors.

We reveal how DNA analysis can reveal the origins of crop domestication.

Can the bodies buried at stonehenge reveal what happened there?

Find out the fate of the Nazca Line creators.

In place of this week's Kitchen Science experiment, Ben attended a National Pathology Week event run by the Royal...

A recent Pathology success story - the drug CamPath, which is also known as alemtuzumab and was originally developed at...

We were joined by Professor Adrian Newland, president of the Royal College of Pathologists, who explained what the role...

We go through the process of a real post mortem - working with pathologist Alison Cluroe, we find out what has to be...

For air traffic control, telling the difference between wind turbines and planes using traditional radar has presented...

Cambridge's annual Teslathon brings enthusiastic amateurs get together to show off their home made tesla coils –...

Time to get your dancing shoes on! It seems that the way you dance could say something about your genetic fitness – in...

the beer goggles, or stella-vision, is a well known phenomenon where a few alcoholic drinks makes other people seem...

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD, is a debilitating condition where people who have been through nightmarish...

John Bailey joins us to explain the problem with Japanese knotweed, and how this alien species could be kept under...

Electricity from fusion could be a great alternative to traditional coal-fired power stations, supplying cheaper,...

The Joint European Torus, or JET, is the biggest fusion experiment in the world right now - but how does it keep fusion...