As robots are increasingly deployed in settings requiring social interaction we asked the Big Question How do you teach a robot social cues? To find out we visited Shimon Whiteson, Associate Professor at the Department of Computer Science to find out....

A diagnosis of Alzheimer's is life changing for the person with the disease, as well as their family and friends. In this episode we visited Jennifer Lawson to ask the Big Question Can you stop Alzheimer’s before it even starts?

We face an energy crisis, so the idea of a clean potentially limitless supply of energy deeply appeals. Nuclear fusion, the same source of energy that makes the sunshine, could provide the answer!

Antimatter has fuelled many a supernatural tale, but it's also fascinating all by itself. Many people think of it as an "out there" theoretical idea, unaware that it is actually being produced every day. What's more, research on antimatter is actually helping us to understand how the universe works! But what is antimatter?

HIV isn’t a death sentence anymore. People can live long lives with the virus in their body, as long as they have the right combination of drugs. But some researchers are not satisfied with that. They want to take the fight against HIV and AIDS even further…

Single molecules are small – really small! But what if we could harness some of their abilities to conduct and control electricity to create new electronic components? Watch our animation to find out more...