Interviews with Scientists

The Cambridge Science Festival - highlights from the opening

A trio of co-dependent creatures that like it really hot and how the warming world is causing corals and their algae...

Insect viruses are indestructible thanks to their crystal structure - why is this important? Find out here.

The Naked Scientists spoke to Chelsea Ward and Bob Hirshon from AAAS

We discuss why cars have been failing all over the UK recently, and what was in their petrol to cause the problem.

The life of ancient Peruvian settlers as revealed by archaeological excavations

Keith Dobney studies how animals were domesticated thousands of years ago

Mark talks about some of the more unpleasent creatures that could be sharing your body with you.

Mark looks at snakes, artificial kidneys and how LSD works.

The Naked Scientists spoke to Chelsea Wald and Bob Hirshon from AAAS, the Science Society

Anna visited Sizewell B Nuclear Power Station to find out what nuclear energy is and how it is harnessed

Ian Farnan studies how to store nuclear waste for the long term.

Anat is a radiologist and uses radiation to help cure disease

Anna looks at how colour is involved in finding and choosing a mate, in the animal and human kingdoms.

Geoff Woods has been researching why some people are unable to feel pain, and how this could be useful for medicine.

How doctors deal with pain, what painkillers do to you and what pain does to you.

How Chillies trick your mouth into thinking it is hot and how this is related to tarantulas.

The Naked Scientists spoke to Chelsea Wald and Bob Hirshon, AAAS, the Science Society

Crispin Little has been studying the fastest fossilisation in the world at the bottom of the ocean

We look at bacteria found in the bottom of gold mines in South Africa

Steve Scott looks at mining useful mineral from the bottom of the ocean.

Chelsea and Bob look at a new bungee backpack and how you should sit in a chair

Eric Wolff has been studying the ancient atmosphere trapped in an ice core, and how it affects our understanding of the...

Ali looks into wind energy, both onshore and offshore along with the new technology of wave power.