Interviews about History

A first hand account from a nuclear bomb witness

How we went from the atom to the nuke...

Disentangling which genes are involved to protect darker skin against melanoma is an open question...

When did HIV first come into being, and how did it become an epidemic?

When did our infatuation with UFOs begin?

What about batteries enabled them to integrate into every part of our lives?

Genetic alleles from millions of years back remain in the gene pool today as balanced polymorphisms linked to...

All thanks to the endeavour of brave Victorian scientists...

Who will fare best against the infamous Q&A quiz?

Remains from a France cave have provided evidence of a bow and arrow that's over 50,000 years old

50 letters from Mary Stewart have been discovered and deciphered

Where did alcohol originate, and why is it legal compared to similar drugs?

From feng shui to Huawei...

What are the economic challenges of an ageing population, and who's responsibility is the environment?

What are the underlying factors behind our exponential growth, and how high will it go?

Who will win this month's big brain award?

Joining us this week...

How science is used to decide if policies really benefit the public

How much can we treat motor neurone disease, and why is there a giant boat outside the building?

Suzanne Kerbavcic introduces James Tytko to the city of science...

Genetic fragments can tell us when, back in history, so called “admixture” - the merging of one population into another...

The skeleton of a young human, dating back 31,000 years, is thought to be the first amputation

From novice to Olympian; Cambridge rowing builds champion athletes...

Observations made by Gregor Mendel about pea plants paved the way for understanding inheritance