Interviews about History

Using state-of-the-art laser scanning technology, a team led by Gary Staab has made an exact replica of Tutankhamun...

Researchers have discovered why Tibetans who have a taste for the high life are much better able to tolerate low oxygen...

A new genetic analysis of nearly 2,000 people from all over the globe suggests that our ancestors interbred with...

Colin Renfrew explains how genetics can be used to learn more about our ancestry...

Helen Donoghue explains how analysing bacteria from ancient fossils can help us learn more about the evolution of...

As well as following the way populations have changed and migrated, we can use modern genetic techniques to really get...

Professor John Brown explains why 2010 is an important year for astronomy at Glasgow University, and gives a brief...

In 1916, Albert Einstein predicted that Gravitational Waves, these are ripples in the very fabric of space and time,...

Meera Senthilingam brings us the highlights of this years Cambridge Science Festival...

Michael Spagat discusses how insurgent events can be modelled to deal with future attacks...

Karen steel discusses the genetic mutations and changes that can impair our hearing...

几百年来作曲家已经创建beautiful and complex pieces of music, written to be sung by many...

It's often said that someone can move you with the words they use. Now scientists have shown that this really is...

This week in Science History saw on the 28th of November 1660, the first meeting of the Royal Society, the oldest...

Scientists at the University of Wurzburg in Germany have teamed up with their colleagues in Leipzig and also in Paris...

This Week in Science History saw on the 4th of November 1922 the first discovery of the entrance to the tomb of...

This week in Science History saw the birth of Tetsuya Fujita, also known as Ted and ‘Mr Tornado’. Fujita dedicated his...

Richard Van Noorden reveals the winners of this years Nobel Science prizes as well as an insight into why their work...

Our own Kat Arney reports from the National Cancer Research Institute Annual Conference in Birmingham...

Steve McLean brings us the highlights of the newly renovated Great Northern Museum including an ancient bog body and...

Dr Sarah Glynn explores the mysterious death of the Lindow Man...

Helen Storey is a fashion designer who was inspired by developmental biology to design a series of stunning and thought...

The Science Museum's 'Punk Scientists' explain to Meera how they make science engaging through making...

This week in science history saw, in 1991, the discovery of Ötzi the Iceman in the Ötztal Alps between Austria and...