In Short

Nature has a range of ways to create bioluminescence. Not to be outdone, chemists create their own glow with diphenyl...

They are the compounds that link leather trousers to a nice cup of tea - Brian Clegg introduces tannins

This week, a boy survived the flight from California to Hawaii, hidden in the wheel well of a plane. Just how amazing...

Anna Lewcock finds out how pigeons played a major role in discovering an important pituitary hormone, prolactin

Amongst the fictional forensic equipment shown on television, Brian Clegg notices one distinctly non-fiction stalwart:...

We interview the first Professor of Animal Welfare and find out about the protection of pigs and if crows are really as...

Exploring PET; the marvelous method of imaging the body and brain using gamma rays and radioactive glucose.

A' Level students visit Cambridge, interview the dons and tell some science jokes in a punt.

Interview with Ian Goodyer on the chemicals, treatments and impacts of depression.

We interview Dr Phillip Jones to discuss how cancer cells have the luck of the dice and whether science will ever win...

It smells sweet, is potentially lethal and organic chemists rely on it: Emily James on dichloromethane

Wednesday, the 2nd of April was World Autism Awareness Day so here's your Quick Fire Science to help you get to...

Purple was once a colour only royalty could afford to wear. Hayley Birch investigates tyrian purple, or dibromoindigo,...

It's a black box recorder which could hold clues as to how the flight MH370 crashed. But how do they work?

Stephen Wallace introduces batrachotoxin, a deadly toxin that comes from a beautiful little frog

With the Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 still missing after nearly two weeks, some people are asking how you can lose...

Brian Clegg introduces the first compound to ever exist - helium hydride

The course of true love never did run smooth. The Malacological Society of London held their annual meeting all about...

With as much as 30% of all species potentially at risk of extinction, there is a 'Noah's ark' problem of...

Simon Cotton introduces the first antibiotic known to kill TB: Streptomycin

What causes the phenomenal natural light show that is the Northern Lights?

Lars Öhrström delves into the history of alum, a compound linked to some of Europe's most infamous families

The naked mole rat. What is this unusual creature, and why is it immune to cancer?

Helen Scales investigates hirudin, a powerful anticoagulant found in leech saliva