Interviews with Scientists

Fighter pilots need to undergo extreme conditions and still be able to make life or death decisions. How do they train...

Richard Turner volunteered to have his body tested to extremes of endurance at Everest base camp, all in the name of...

For kitchen science, we sent Azi to find out how to make biodiesel from vegetable oil, and to prove that it really...

This week, Chelsea finds evidence that Mexican food may not have changed much in hundreds of years, while Bob explores...

Biodiesel is one option for powering cars of the future, but another fuel we could use is hydrogen. This has the...

An alternative to growing crops to make biodiesel is to make use of existing biomass. James Dumesic spoke to Chris...

It's all well and good being excited about new fuels, but are the arguments for using them really sound? Can we...

Here’s a puzzle that science has yet to solve; it’s something we all do, it’s contagious and even animals are affected...

This week, Bob and Chelsea talk us through blood based bandages and the benefits of cut-sucking.

Most people are familiar with epilepsy, we may have friends and relatives who suffer from seisures, but the disease it...

Olaf Blanke tells Chris Smith about how a certain region of the brain can be tricked into making you believe there...

Bipolar disorder, also known as Manic Depression, is one of the most common neuropsychiatric disorders. We spoke to...

Is 'survival of the fittest' a bit too simple? We spoke to Loeske Kruuk, whose studys show that, in Red Deer...

This week, Chelsea looks at making music from babies' cries, and Bob explores how babies can spot different...

We spoke to Chemistry World's Richard Van Noorden about how chemistry can help us quit smoking and hide the signs...

We sent Ben Valsler to visit the newly opened Wellcome Collection in London, a place where science and art go hand in...

Joel Veitch of Rathergood.com with his suggestion for measuring risk using the unit the 'Curtain'.

This week, Chelsea and Bob update us with some news about the sound of muscles and treating depression with yoga.

Janet Sumner discusses how the meteorite we're familiar with may have just been the straw that broke the dinosaur...

We spoke to Peter Kelemen, who studies the earthquakes that originate deep in the mantle of the Earth

Michael Watts on how to search for arsenic in contaminated land, and the impact on people's health

This week, Bob and Chelsea tell us about seed that sow themselves and the future of domestic robots!

Dr Hazel Wilkinson tells Sabina Michnowicz how she used her plant identification skills and a book of spells to help...

We spoke to Dr Trevor Emmett, lecturer in Forensic Science at Anglia Ruskin University about what forensics is, an dhow...