Interviews
Snakes and other beasts: A “How-to” chat with wildlife photographer Marius Iancu
You never know how long a chat with Marius is going to take.
Interview with Mark Scherz, the discoverer of the gecko that sheds its scales
It turns out there is more to the story.
Explosives scientists answer questions in online interview
Los Alamos is always blowing stuff up. The Lab burst into the public consciousness 70 years ago with the biggest explosion known to humanity—the world’s first atomic bomb. Since then,...
Alan Alda’s important message for science communication
Most of us know Alan Alda for his iconic portrayal of Hawkeye Pierce, the sharp-tongued but kind-hearted field doctor from the series M.A.S.H. But Alda is increasingly involved in science...
Why are women written out of history? An interview with historian Bettany Hughes
"Cleopatra was a poet and a philosopher, she was incredibly good at maths but when we think of her, we think: big breasted seductress bathing in milk." Dr Bettany Hughes...
Interview with Dr. Thomas Watters, from the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum
We recently got the chance to talk to Dr. Thomas Watters from the National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution. Dr. Watters is a Co-Investigator on the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera, and discussing...
Interview with Christopher Russell, principal investigator of NASA’s Dawn Mission
Christopher Russell is the head of the Space Physics Center at the Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics (IGPP) at UCLA, and he also leads the NASA's Dawn Mission team. Dawn orbited...
Q&A with Dr. Ijad Madisch (ResearchGate founder)
Ijad Madisch a Harvard trained virologist and computer scientist was on his way to becoming a medical professor, but in 2008 he put a halt to his career as a...
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Scientist interview: Michael Mann [meteorology / climate change]
A few days ago, we wrote an article about our featured researchers – outstanding men and women in their field, who recently published highly interesting studies. Today, we’re talking to...
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Scientist interview: Dirk Lachenmeier [negative effects of food, tobacco and alcohol]
A few days ago, we wrote an article about our featured researchers - outstanding men and women in their field, who recently published highly interesting studies. Today, we're talking to...
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Scientist interview: Culum Brown [biology/fish]
A couple of weeks ago we were telling you about a study which showed that not only do fish feel pain, but they also multi task and even have cultural...
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Scientist Interviews: Marie-Eve Naud [Astrobiology]
A while ago, we were telling you about the discovery of a huge exoplanet - a gas giant, found just 155 light years away from Earth. The head researcher behind that...
Scientists interview: Rainer Krähenmann
Dr. Rainer Krähenmann is a Project Leader at the Neuropsycho-pharmacology and Brain Imaging Department of Psychiatry at the University Hospital for Psychiatry in Zürich, Switzerland. He is interested in researching...
Interview with researcher Simone Kuhn about video games and the brain
A while ago, we published an article about a study which showed that playing video games improves spatial orientation, memory formation and strategic planning. You can read our article here and the full...
