Will is a PhD student at the University of Manchester, studying fossil fish.

Thomas is Digital editor at BBC Science Focus. Writing about everything from cosmology to anthropology, he specialises in the latest psychology, health and neuroscience discoveries. Thomas has a ...

Dr Nish Manek is a GP in London. She completed her medical degree at Imperial College and was runner-up in the University of London Gold Medal. Manek has also developed teaching courses for Oxford ...

Mother Earth, Gaia, the third rock from the Sun - whatever you call it, this 4.5 billion-year-old planet is the one that we and all known living creatures call home.

From the creators of BBC Science Focus, Instant Genius is a bite-sized masterclass in podcast form. With each episode, a different world-leading expert will help you understand the latest ideas and ...

Can computers think? Since the 1950s we have been trying to make computers that mimic the brain's complex neural networks. There has been success with specific challenges, such as when Deep Blue beat ...

Victoria is BBC News’ award-winning science correspondent. Her reporting can be found on television, radio and online, featured on shows such as BBC Radio 4's Inside Science. She has a MSc in Science ...

Colin Stuart is an astronomy author and speaker.

James is a writer of fiction and non-fiction, both under his own name and as a ghost-writer. He is the author of Charles and Ada.

Matthew Stanley is a professor of the history of science at New York's Gallatin School o f Individualized Study. He has published two academic books and has written for Physics Today, Physics World ...

Tom Ireland is a freelance science journalist, and editor of The Biologist, the bi-monthly magazine of the Royal Society of Biology.

Bill is a volcanologist, climate scientist, writer and broadcaster. His latest book is Sky Seed (£8.99, Book Guild Publishing).