Interviews with Scientists

Interviews about medicine, science, technology and engineering with scientists and researchers internationally...

30 March 2008

如果你保证之间的选择d reward or taking a risk, what would you go for? Most people will choose the...

30 March 2008

Some bacteria live inside us, some live in freezing cold environments, others near the blistering heat of volcanoes in...

30 March 2008

TB has been virtually eradicated from the UK and a whole generation have had hardly any contact from it so it’s easy...

30 March 2008

Could satellite images of the surface of the sea tell us when and where to expect deadly outbreaks of Cholera?

16 March 2008

For years, scientists have assumed that the first born of any batch of offspring have a better chance of survival out...

16 March 2008

The Cambridge Science Festival lasts just two weeks, with a lot of the action compressed into a very busy weekend, but...

16 March 2008

As part of Science Saturday at the Science festival, we sent Meera Senthilingam off to roam around the hands-on...

16 March 2008

Fancy a Holiday in Space? If you can afford it, it could be possible very soon...

16 March 2008

Is there really any science in Dr Who? What does Spiderman have to do with a gecko? And how are skateboarders...

09 March 2008

With the latest news from the world of Chemistry, Mark Peplow joins us once again...

09 March 2008

The Ig Nobel prizes honour achievements that make people first laugh and then think. They celebrate the unusual,...

09 March 2008

We're joined by Rick Fienburg from Sky and Telescope magazine, with news about the night sky...

25 February 2008

The human voice is a versatile tool, and changes dramatically throughout life. David Howard studies the voice...

25 February 2008

How does your brain respond to music? Meera spoke to Professor Daniel Levitin...

25 February 2008

Is music just there for pleasure, or does it have a role to fulfil? We spoke to Dr Ian Cross...

24 February 2008

Is that file you deleted really gone? Could someone retrieve your passwords from an old hard disk? We ask Graham Henley...

17 February 2008

Organ Rejection is a big problem, overcome by immuno-suppressant drugs. But these drugs are quite toxic and leaves...

17 February 2008

Donated organs need to be transported to the recipient as quickly as possible, and won't survive for long. Now,...

17 February 2008

A few weeks ago, we reported on the breakthrough where scientists in America had been able to build a beating heart in...

10 February 2008

Prostate cancer is the most common form of cancer for men in the UK, and now researchers at the Institute of Cancer...

10 February 2008

Could we generate electricity from the energy we waste while walking? Professor Max Donelan has developed a way to...