Interviews with Scientists

Optical Lens Replacement surgery can be used to treat cataracts, which affect millions of people worldwide. We find...

Why do we blink? Dr Paul Murphy explains to Meera the importance of tears and blinking...

There are many, diverse causes of blindness, with Inherited Retinal Degeneration affecting one in 2000 people in the UK...

Firing lasers into your eyes sounds like a bad idea, but Laser Eye Surgery is a safe and effective option that could...

The best way to monitor and understand the sea is to go with the flow! Jules Jaffe and colleagues at Scripps Institute...

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...