INTERVIEWS

"If a salamander can do it, why can't we?"

An evening with Alec Jeffreys

The inventor of DNA fingerprinting speaks to Alison Woollard about the scientists who inspired him and the 'eureka moment' that revolutionised forensic science

For the Greater Good

Tom Ireland talks to Deborah Gordon, the first biologist to witness ant colonies' entire life histories – from formation, to reproduction and death – play out over decades in the wild

"It is about creating the perfect specimen"

Tom Ireland visits illustrator Richard Lewington at his studio – and hears why wildlife drawing is still hugely important today

One small step for a physiologist

NASA astronaut and comparative physiologist Jessica Meir tells Tom Ireland about research in extreme environments – and whether she'd accept a one way ticket to Mars

Staring death in the face

Forensics expert Professor Sue Black tells Tom Ireland about her fascination with flesh – and how science kept her sane amid the horrors of a war zone

Jonathan Montgomery: How do we decide what science should and shouldn’t do?

Jonathan Montgomery talks to Tom Ireland about chairing the Nuffield Council on Bioethics

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