Science Features

The battle between Science and Religion has left us with a choice: faith in God or belief in a rational scientific...

Scheele was the first to isolate Hydrogen cyanide in 1782 then went on to show its toxic effects by accidentally...

Humans have exceptionally large and complex brains. Ruth has a look at two genes, that seem to have played a role in...

Genes make you what you are. All living things have them (humans have about 25,000) and they're like blueprints....

When more news comes in of rising greenhouse emissions in Europe or more political backsliding over the Kyoto Protocol...

This article illustrates the kind of scientist you might encounter in a lab. Understanding how your colleagues think...

The last time you opened wide, did you ever imagine that you were opening the door to what is essentially home to...

For the last 75 years the average IQ test score has been increasing in every industrialised country in the world. Are...

The story of rocketry pioneer John Parsons, who founded the Jet propulsion Lab...

Sleep paralysis researcher Julia Santomauro explores the phenomenon of sleep paralysis including what is sleep...

Things usually are not what they seem, and sometimes the fundamentals become discomfortingly alien... Frank Witte...

What causes cold sores and genital herpes, how do herpes viruses cause disease, why do herpes infections persist for...

Claire McLoughlin describes the chemistry of love and what happens when we fall in love, including substances that make...

Humans are one of the most formidable species on Earth. How have modern Homo sapiens come to reign over their archaic...

Dr. Barry Gibb, Scientist and Author, Latest Play - MACHINA

Barrie takes a look at the past and present use of leeches in medicine and surgery, including helping doctors in...

The Hubble Space Telescope has been sending us back incredible pictures of the cosmos. How have recent policy changes...

A period, or menstruation, marks the beginning of the process by which the uterus, or womb, prepares itself for...

What are probiotics or 'friendly' bacteria, how do prebiotics and probiotics, like Lactobacillus,...

Therapeutic cloning has all sorts of exciting possiblities. What is it? How does it work and what are the possibilities...

George Bush's plan to establish a permanent base on the Moon by 2020, and send astronauts to Mars by 2030, has...

Researchers have been investigating how the unexpected affects how well and what you remember. If you want to be...

Nature produces a seemingly limitless number of compounds that are valuable for treating disease. Over 30% of the top-...

Functional imaging (brain scanning) using magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) can be used to probe the workings of the...