Interviews with Scientists

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...

Kitchen science: slime behaving strangely...

Bob and Chelsea look at two ways you can lower your risk of cancer.

Sabina Michnowicz speaks to Jason Wray, John Stingl and Brian Huntley on the role that stem cells have to play in cancer

Fiona Watt explains how stem cells are a major player in cancer growth, and may be the key to finding new cures.

Dr Andrew Futreal tell us about identifying faulty genes in tumours, and how these could be used for targeted therapy.

Chelsea and Bob look into Puberty and Death - expolring why teenagers are moody and using computers to predict how you...

What is heart disease, what is a cardiac arrest, Niall Campbell explains.

Anthony has been investigating injecting stem cells into the heart to help it recover.

Kitchen science: DIY hot air balloon

Rising carbon dioxide levels usually make us think about the atmosphere, but new research shows that carbon dioxide...