Interviews about Engineering

The technology to help astronauts dig holes in the moon makes its way down to earth in the form of the cordless drill.

A team of real life spidermen at Cambridge University have invented a new, greener, cleaner form of artificial spider...

How do we program human morals into self-driving cars?

We brought the beach to the studio... But what's the science to a superior sandcastle?

Would you trust a robot in an emergency?

Would you trust a robot with your surgery?

Would you trust a robot in the military?

Would you trust a robot to grow your food?

How are technologies and breakthroughs made for the space race helping to make life better for us here on the ground?

Worldwide, we use over a trillion plastic bags every year. Can a caterpillar help reduce our waste?

Using bio-engineering to grow an entire human organ system in the lab - complete with connecting blood supply.

Climate change will mean more energy in the atmosphere which is bad news for airline passengers...

Cocaine-use has been linked with a build-up of iron in the brain.

One of America's most hated spiders isn't all bad: its web could teach us to make much tougher materials.

What's it like to be able to hear again with a 'bionic ear'?

What's the difference between a meteorite, an asteroid and a comet?

Naked Scientist Connie Orbach won a meteorite and Graihagh Jackson made it her mission to find out more...

How and why are they so much more efficient than a standard light bulb?

Scientists have tied the world's smallest knot; less than a millionth of a millimetre across.

Alan Calverd tells us about some interesting gold rings back in science history...

How do you navigate an empty craft through millions of miles of space?

Could a pair of trousers which track your movements help firefighters or the military?

Driverless cars could change the world- but what legal and ethical challenges do they bring with them?

Could our navigation technology actually be getting in the way of looking where we are going?