Interviews about History

This week in 1869, Mendeleev proposed the periodic table now adorning chemistry labs the world over...

Nicola Phillips, from the ABC Radio National's Science Show, speaks to John Long from Museum Victoria about the...

What happens in the brain when we hear laughter? Is there a neuronal basis to why we find the giggles so compelling...

The world's first online music festival - Geek Pop, is dedicated to science inspired music - Vicky West explains...

Comedian Robin Ince is currently touring the UK wilth 'Bleeding Heart Liberal', a show inspired by science...

This Week in Science history saw, in 1871, the publication of The Descent of Man by Charles Darwin – perhaps not as...

We're celebrating the International Year of Astronomy - 400 years since Galileo first made his astronomical...

After Dave had built a rudimentary telescope from a pair of magnifying lenses, we asked Dr Carolin Crawford for her...

New evidence from an old cave could cast light on how our ancestors lived 2 million years ago, as Meera Senthilingam...

Understanding the origins of HIV will not only help us to find ways to treat the disease itself, but can also help us...

In a box hidden in a corner of the lab belonging to the late Stanley Miller was an experiment which could explain the...

We were proud to receive the Best Radio Show Award at this year's Global Media Awards - Jennie Wetter explains...

As part of a trip to the Naked Cafe on Solana Beach, we met Hans Paar to discuss the birth of the universe...

Analysis of DNA and early remains can reveal the hunting techniques of our ancestors.

Can the bodies buried at stonehenge reveal what happened there?

Find out the fate of the Nazca Line creators.

In place of this week's Kitchen Science experiment, Ben attended a National Pathology Week event run by the Royal...

We were joined by Professor Adrian Newland, president of the Royal College of Pathologists, who explained what the role...

Our very own Kat Arney treats us to a sneak preview of the new album, 'In the City of Dreadful Night',...

This year's BA festival was held in Liverpool - the European City of Culture. Lord Robert Winston explains why a...

Carl Djerassi was one of the team behind the contraceptive pill developed in 1951, but now, he's critically...

What is imagination, and what's it for? We find out how imagination lets us learn from mistakes we've never...

It's easy to dismiss bigfoot hunters as crackpots, inhabiting the 'lunatic fringe' of science - but,...

Superheroes of Science is an experimental concept album, where each track is based on the life and work of a different...