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Viren Swami on physical attraction
Dr Viren Swami is a social psychologist based at the University of Westminster. He talks to the Wellcome Trust’s Daniel Glaser about the secrets of physical attraction, how body image differs across...
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Angela Clow on the science of happiness
Professor Angela Clow is one of the country's leading experts in stress research, working at the University of Westminster. She talks to the Wellcome Trust's Daniel Glaser about the science of health,...
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Catherine Mercer on sexual health
Catherine Mercer is a statistician based at University College London who is undertaking a particularly interesting questionnaire: the National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles 2010. She talks...
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Val Curtis on public hygiene
Val Curtis is a behavioural scientist based at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. She talks the Wellcome Collection’s Lisa Jamieson about the protective power of disgust, and find out...
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Mark Zuckerman on viruses and virology
Mark Zuckerman is a clinical virologist based at the Health Protection Agency London Regional Laboratory at King's College Hospital. He talks to the Wellcome Trust's Daniel Glaser about which is the...
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Dan Martin on extreme environments
Dan Martin is an extreme environment physiologist and anaesthetist at University College London Hospitals, and a member of the Caudwell Xtreme Everest research group. He talks to the Wellcome Trust's...
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Rachel Armstrong on living materials
Rachel Armstrong is a synthetic biologist working at the Bartlett School of Architecture. She talks to the Wellcome Trust's Daniel Glaser about connecting the natural world with the built environment...
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Pete Coffey on losing sight
Age-related macular degeneration is the most common cause of blindness in the developed world. Pete Coffey talks to the Wellcome Trust's Daniel Glaser about how he and his team at University College...
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John Hutchinson on dinosaurs
Was Tyrannosaurus rex a fast runner? Were dinosaurs warm-blooded? How can answering questions such as these help captive elephants to live a healthier and longer life? John Hutchinson, an expert in the...
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Tali Sharot on optimism
It is estimated that 80 per cent of the population are optimists. But how do we maintain a positive outlook in the face of reality? At the Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, Tali Sharot is teasing...
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Charlie Dunnill on glass
Self-cleaning glass - such as the roof of St Pancras station - has revolutionised architecture. But UCL materials scientist Charlie Dunnill is taking this technology one step further, and hopes that...
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Jonathan Butterworth on CERN
The Large Hadron Collider may be at CERN in Geneva, but it's a truly international project. Jonathan Butterworth, Professor of Physics at UCL, is a leading member of the British team working at CERN on...
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Lewis Dartnell on Mars
The possibility of life on Mars has long fascinated scientists, science fiction writers and David Bowie. Lewis Dartnell, an astrobiologist at UCL, is going one step further and developing ways to look...
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Jane Wardle on Food
Why do some people always reach for that extra chocolate biscuit, while others seem to have no problem holding back? Professor Jane Wardle, a health psychologist at UCL, is investigating factors that...
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Isabel Jones on skin
Few people have as intimate a knowledge of the delicate layers of the skin than those who try to repair it after trauma. Isabel Jones is a surgeon at the Burns Unit at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital,...
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Nick Lane on complexity
The origins of complex life have long fascinated scientists. Nick Lane, a biochemist at UCL, is investigating what drove the shift from simple bacteria to the vast diversity of plants and animals, and...
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Peter Ayton on decisions
We make thousands of decisions every day, many of them unconscious and many of them less logical than we would like to believe. Peter Ayton, a psychologist at City University in London, studies human...
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Eleanor Stride on bubbles
Every Agatha Christie fan knows the murderous potential of an air bubble injected directly into the bloodstream. But, for Eleanor Stride, a biomedical engineer at UCL, bubbles may hold the key to...
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Joe Devlin on brains
Would you let your brain be temporarily switched off? Joe Devlin, a neuroscientist at UCL, regularly does this to willing volunteers as part of his research into the neurological basis of language,...
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Chris Bakal on cells
Cells come in many shapes and sizes. Chris Bakal, a systems biologist at the Institute of Cancer Research, is fascinated by their ability to change shape and migrate around the body - a process that...
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