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Mosquitoes may seem to bite us indiscriminately, but some people are targeted more than others. Join Nina Stanczyk to hear about how mosquitoes use smell to find people, why our body odour makes some of us more appealing to mosquitoes, and what
Mosquitoes may seem to bite us indiscriminately, but some people are targeted more than others. Join Nina Stanczyk to hear about how mosquitoes use smell to find people, why our body odour makes some of us more appealing to mosquitoes, and what
The last half-century has seen an epidemic of asthma in the UK. Despite years of study, science is still unable to fully explain its rise. Seif Shaheen is Clinical Professor of Respiratory Epidemiology at Barts and The London School of Medicine
Film directors are entertainers, artists, auteurs… and natural psychologists. That’s the perspective of Tim Smith, a cognitive psychologist at Birkbeck, University of London, who is fascinated by the way that skilful camera angles and editing c
What is the impact of China's one-child policy? Since its introduction in 1979, the policy has affected the lives of over one-fifth of the world's population. Therese Hesketh is Professor of Global Health at UCL and looks at how the policy has
Most people enjoy the occasional drink, but what happens when it goes too far? Anne Lingford-Hughes is an addiction psychiatrist at Imperial College London who works on alcohol and heroin addiction. Using imaging techniques, she studies the inh
Half of the UK's 500,000 problem gamblers are in London, making this a very urban issue. Henriette Bowden-Jones is founder and director of the National Problem Gambling Clinic in Soho, whose clientele ranges from bankers to homeless people. Is
City life, with its shift work, artificially lit offices and bright computer screens may be disrupting our natural rhythms - a phenomenom called social jetlag. Katharina Wulff, a neurobiologist at the University of Oxford, studies the link betw
Hugo Spiers, Lecturer in Cognitive and Perceptual Brain Sciences at UCL, sends his experimental subjects out into the streets of Soho and works with London cabbies to study the way the brain constructs representations of the world and uses them
What makes babies laugh? This is a question that fascinates psychologist Caspar Addyman. His research at the Birkbeck Babylab investigates this, alongside other aspects of infant cognition. Join him to find out more about what really goes on in
Bats – according to international bat expert Kate Jones – are cool. From the wonders of echolocation to a surprisingly long lifespan, they possess a fascinating set of special skills and characteristics that make them endlessly interesting to s
Can you die of a broken heart? Perhaps not, but heart attacks have been known to be triggered by intense emotion and mental stress. Malcolm Finlay, Senior Clinical Research Fellow at UCL, is investigating the electrical and physiological mechan
Hosepipe bans, torrential rain, flooding - water was constantly in the news in 2012. Sarah Bell, a civil engineer at UCL, is an expert on water systems (and sewers in particular). She talks to Benjamin Thompson about how they affect society and
What colour is the number 3? What do words taste like? This might sound like nonsense, but for people with synaesthesia this crossing of the senses creates a unique - and very real - way of perceiving the world. Michael Banissy, a cognitive neu
How does what we eat affect how we age? Is it a question of quantity, or is quality the key? With the global population getting older and many of the world's most devastating diseases linked to the process of ageing, answering these questions c
Pain is an important warning signal that can help us to avoid harm, but for people living with prolonged, chronic pain it can have devastating consequences. Stephen McMahon, Director of the London Pain Consortium, talks to the Wellcome Trust's
Up to 4 per cent of adults, and as many as one-third of older people, suffer from sleep apnoea, or interrupted breathing during sleep. Mary Morrell’s research sleep lab at the Royal Brompton Hospital investigates why, and she talks to the Wellc
A year after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, how has human health been affected - and what lessons were learned from previous nuclear accidents? Drawing on her work at the Chernobyl Tissue Bank, Gerry Thomas talks to the Wellcome Trust's Daniel
How does the work our bones do influence their size, shape and resilience? Bioengineer Sandra Shefelbine combines number crunching with imaging and practical experiments. She talks to the Wellcome Trust's Daniel Glaser about understanding bette
The tendency toward antisocial behaviour may be inherited. But for psychologist Essi Viding heritability isn't inevitability. Environmental factors are important too. She talks to the Wellcome Trust's Daniel Glaser about how science can help id
Flu is the scourge of the winter months - but how does it work? Wendy Barclay of Imperial College London talks to the Wellcome Trust's Daniel Glaser about investigating influenza pandemics in the lab to better understand how this dreaded virus
How did life originate on Earth, and are we alone in the universe? These are the questions that Zita Martins, an astrobiologist at Imperial College London, is determined to answer. She talks to the Wellcome Trust's Daniel Glaser about meteorite
Ron Douglas is Professor of Visual Science at City University, and an expert on the biology of deep-sea creatures. He talks to the Wellcome Trust's Daniel Glaser about how vision works 4000 metres down.
Psychics, paranormal activity, precognition - psychologist and sceptic Chris French, of Goldsmiths, University of London, has spent his career subjecting paranormal claims to scientific scrutiny. He talks to the Wellcome Trust's Daniel Glaser a
The Department of Health recommends exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of life. But is this supported by the best available scientific evidence? Mary Fewtrell is a paediatrician at the UCL Institute of Child Health, who has spent
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