Interviews with Scientists

Dr Carolin Crawford tell us about how galaxies form, the early days of the universe and the heart of the Milky Way

Maggie Turnbull tells us about her shortlist of potentially habitable planets - prime targets for the Search for Extra...

Jonathan Shanklin was part of the team from the British Antarctic Survey who first discovered the hole in the ozone...

George Cotsarelis, of the University of Pennsylvania speaks to Chris about how he identified the genetic pathways...

This week Chelsea and Bob look at water in our atmosphere. Chelsea looks at why some places get too little, while Bob...

The eruption of the Laki fission in Iceland in 1783 led to sulphurous smog falling over Europe. It has been described...

Azi Khatiri spoke to Rod Jones about how water molecules pair up into a dimer - and that this can be an even worse...

Scott Manalis tells us about the technique he has developed for weighing tiny objects underwater, such as single cells...

This week, Bob and Chelsea look at how we react to bacteria. Bob looks into how bacteria could protect us from Asthma...

Dr Tim Wreghitt explains how noroviruses spread themselves through projectile vomit and use cruise ships as the perfect...

For kitchen science we tried to see if there's any truth to the urban legend that there's more bacteria on a...

Dr Ali Ashby on all that is fantastic about fungi. From the worlds largest organism to the flavour of chocolate, we...

Andrew Boulton explains how Maggots help to cure infection with MRSA, or Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus,...

Bob and Chelsea tell us why having a high IQ may not be the que to success.

Richard Van Noorden gives us the lowdown on some of the latest news in Chemistry

Discover the conclusion to this week's Kitchen Science experiment

Bruce Winney talks about the genes which make up the British people

Turi King talks about how she found African ancestry in Yorkshiremen, and about how your Y-chromosome type can predict...

Mike Majerus tells us about the peppered moth, cites as an example of evolution by natural selection in action.

Chelsea and Bob try to answer the age old question 'Why do we buy what we buy?' Does celebrity endorsement...

Chelsea and Bob look at some of the driest places on Earth, to see what changes are occuring there.

Annelise Hagan, of the Living Oceans Foundation talks about her work on Coral reefs and using sea planes to spy on the...

Laura Font describes how she has found a way to find out where migratory birds have been by measuring strontium isotope...

Stan Harpole talking about how using fertilisers can reduce biodiversity by destroying the niches that allow complex...