INTERVIEWS

Something in the air

Ecologist Dr Fabian Roger talks about using airborne DNA to detect species living nearby

'It's important to find different ways to connect with people'

Illustrator Sarah Morrish talks to Emma Wrake AMRSB about her new guide to scientific natural history illustration and how art can help engage people with science and nature 

Mind-blowing research

Professor David Nutt on the use of psychedelic substances like psilocybin and LSD to treat mental illness and addiction 

Is nature healing?

Professor Christian Rutz explores the early findings from a massive study on how the global ‘anthropause’ caused by COVID-19 restrictions has impacted wildlife 

‘I’m ridiculously positive about the media’s coverage of COVID-19’

Scientific reporting has come a long way since the days of 'frankenfoods' and vaccine scare stories, says Fiona Fox OBE Hon FRSB

 

“If this doesn’t work, I’m not sure anything will”

Professor Sarah Gilbert on the science behind one of the world’s most advanced COVID-19 vaccine trials, and what still needs to be done to prove it is safe and effective

"I once believed the people making decisions would listen to scientists - that is not true"

Former ecologist Emma Smart talks to Emma Wrake AMRSB about her recent arrest at an Extinction Rebellion protest, and why more and more scientists are joining the activist group
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