Science Weekly

What are the prospects of the Durban climate change talks setting a limit on global carbon emissions? Plus, Simon Frantz gives his top tips on how to receive a Nobel prize in style

In association with the British Heart Foundation, we present an overview of how the human heart works and cutting-edge research into regenerating the organ after a heart attack

Alok Jha and Ian Sample investigate our understanding of the brain

Bryan Appleyard on the 'vastly inflated claims' of neuroscience, and Richard Holmes on the contenders for this year's Royal Society science book prize

Steven Pinker on violence and the human brain, Boaz Almog on quantum levitation, and part two of Lawrence Krauss's wickedly informative lecture on Cosmological Connections

The internationally renowned scientist and science writer Steven Pinker talks to Alok Jha about his new book

Author Fred Pearce discusses the role of science in population growth and Lawrence Krauss delivers an insightful and humorous talk on our cosmic insignificance

Science writer Charles Mann reveals the seismic impact of Columbus on the ecology of the old and new worlds, and we unravel the science behind the new vaccine for malaria

Professor Ravi Silva believes we're about to experience a new industrial revolution, driven by nanotechnology and carbon

Alok Jha is joined by Simon Frantz from Nobel Prize Watch to round up the 2011 Nobel and Ig Nobel winners

The team went back to nature in South Kensington to record a show in front of a live audience at the museum

A fifth of our universe is missing. Professor Carlos Frenk of Durham University explains his quest to find the elusive dark matter that holds galaxies together

Dark matter, microwave biomass recycling and the economic benefits of happiness were among the highlights of this year's British Science Festival in Bradford

Alok Jha meets the author of the worldwide bestseller Longitude to discuss her latest book, on the life of Copernicus

Camila Ruz investigates the genetics of attraction and how one particular set of genes may be influencing everything from whom we choose as a partner to whether a pregnancy is successful