Interviews with Scientists

You may have heard of using diamonds to cut glass or harden drill bits, but lasers? Scalpels? Chris Wort joins us from...

Solar panels seem to be turning up on rooftops all over the place, but are they really worth using? You may be...

So how else can we generate electricity at home? Well Elaine Ball is from Baxi Group – and they’ve developed a...

With Ben and Dave doing the ultimate in water recycling, we sent Meera to find out how to be water wise...

Is it possible to build houses that produce more energy than they use? ZEDFactory aim to produce developments which are...

Here's a question: The universe is a big place and if you only have a small number of telescopes with which to...

Solar flares can have devastating effects here on Earth, but how do we study them, and what do they do to us?

Is the sun responsible for our warming climate? Have we been blaming carbon dioxide, when our own sun is the guilty...

Finding local live music and song writing under pressure are our tech topics with Chris Vallance this week...

Conversations with robots and hands-on highlights from the Edinburgh Science festival...

If you had the choice between a guaranteed reward or taking a risk, what would you go for? Most people will choose the...

Some bacteria live inside us, some live in freezing cold environments, others near the blistering heat of volcanoes in...

TB has been virtually eradicated from the UK and a whole generation have had hardly any contact from it so it’s easy...

Could satellite images of the surface of the sea tell us when and where to expect deadly outbreaks of Cholera?

For years, scientists have assumed that the first born of any batch of offspring have a better chance of survival out...

The Cambridge Science Festival lasts just two weeks, with a lot of the action compressed into a very busy weekend, but...

As part of Science Saturday at the Science festival, we sent Meera Senthilingam off to roam around the hands-on...

Fancy a Holiday in Space? If you can afford it, it could be possible very soon...

Is there really any science in Dr Who? What does Spiderman have to do with a gecko? And how are skateboarders...

With the latest news from the world of Chemistry, Mark Peplow joins us once again...

The Ig Nobel prizes honour achievements that make people first laugh and then think. They celebrate the unusual,...

We're joined by Rick Fienburg from Sky and Telescope magazine, with news about the night sky...

The human voice is a versatile tool, and changes dramatically throughout life. David Howard studies the voice...

How does your brain respond to music? Meera spoke to Professor Daniel Levitin...