Voices
Are we already too late to save ourselves from our robot overlords? Engineer and Bulgarian FameLab 2017 contestant Veselin Rusinov weighs in.
The European Space Agency's Professor Mark McCaughrean explains, among other things, what ‘international’ means when you put this word in space.
There are more than 230,000 species of marine life in our ocean. So how do they communicate? We asked FameLab finalist and marine chemical ecologist Dr Mahasweta Saha.
Paying attention to your bathroom habits could save you from a life-threatening form of cancer. Nicole Phoebe Tanner, who won the FameLab Hong Kong final, explains.
What causes industries to cluster together in certain parts of a city, and is it a good thing? We asked Kat Hanna, Research Manager at the Centre for London.
Simon Nelson, the CEO of online learning platform FutureLearn, gives his predictions about online learning.
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Shakespeare's plays are full of biochemical concoctions and cosmology, so how much of a scientist was he? We asked the British Council's former science adviser, Dr Tim Slingsby.
Dr Turi King combined archaeology, history, and genetics to find the remains of Richard III, who died 500 years ago. In this interview, she compares the literary figure with the real man.
How did Jack Ma overcome his humble origins to establish Alibaba? We interviewed Duncan Clark, entrepreneur, tech investor and author of a recent book on Jack Ma, to find out.
Space scientist Professor Monica Grady of the Open University spoke to the British Council's Ellie Buchdahl at this week's London International Youth Science Forum.