As a young woman, Stephanie Shirley worked at the Dollis Hill Research Station building computers from scratch but she told young admirers that she...

Is our desire to wage war something uniquely human or can its origins be traced much further back in our evolutionary past?

To suggest that warfare...

Angela Saini explores the science of birdsong and its relationship to human language

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Roland Pease explores perovksite, the new material experts say will transform solar power

Dr Susie Mitchell hears the story of the 19th Century Scottish scientist, James Clerk Maxwell, whose discoveries paved the way for a huge range of...

Erika Wright explores the science of Stammering, a widely misunderstood condition that occurs at the same level in all cultures, countries and...

The director of the British Antarctic Survey, Jane Francis talks to Jim Al-Khalili

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Matt Taylor talks to Jim Al-Khalili about the Rosetta comet mission