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InterviewMeet the scientists 3D printing corneas to restore people's visionNew 3D-printed corneal implants could help make up for the shortage of donor corneas available for transplant procedures, say Precise Bio co-founders Aryeh Batt and Dr. Anthony Atala.
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Interview'They don't deserve this beauty and this breathtaking fragility'Polar tourism researchers Zdenka Sokolickova and Liz Cooper talk about why a number of Antarctic tour guides have given up what they still consider to be their dream job.
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Interview'There's a sense that these algorithms are objective and they get to know you': How social media warps our understanding of healthcareEditor Hannah Osborne spoke with investigative journalist Dr. Deborah Cohen about her new book, "Bad Influence: How the Internet Hijacked Our Health."
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Interview'They would come in with a chord change': Composer Jim Nollman has collaborated with turkeys, kangaroo rats and whales. Now he's dropping 'Orcas' Greatest Hits.'Staff writer Sascha Pare spoke with musical composer and sound artist Jim Nollman about his new album, "Orcas' Greatest Hits," created with killer-whale bandmates.
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Interview'His urine goes on tour around Europe, showing the kings and queens this glowing pee'Science writer Kit Chapman on the weird world of alchemy before chemistry.
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INTERVIEW'Humans can't be considered to be separate from the environment': Award-winning scientist Meha Jain on using satellites and real world experiences to help farmers in India facing a precarious futureAgriculture in India is under threat from extreme weather events linked to climate change. We speak to Meha Jain, an associate professor of geospatial data sciences, food systems at the University of Michigan, who has spent nearly 20 years working with farmers in India to understand the threats they are facing and how they are adapting.
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INTERVIEWThe 'sweet spot' of overconfidence — project a bit to be perceived as competent, but don't be 'too seduced,' a cognitive neuroscientist explains in a Q&AQ&A with cognitive neuroscientist Steve Fleming: What the science of self-awareness can tell us about confident decision-making
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INTERVIEW'Some of them have accuracy that's close to zero': Experts unpack the promise and pitfalls of genetic tests aimed at consumersLive Science spoke with a bioethicist and sociologist about emerging genomic technologies, including those that enable parents to "score" and "select" IVF embryos.
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INTERVIEWScientists are developing a 'self-driving' device that helps patients recover from heart attacksLive Science spoke with Dr. Joe Alexander of NTT Research about "digital twins" and the development of an autonomous device for acute cardiac care.
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InterviewThe evolution of life on Earth 'almost predictably' led to human intelligence, neuroscientist saysNeuroscientist Nikolay Kukushkin spoke to Live Science about how human consciousness evolved.
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Interview'This is a completely different level of anti-vaccine engagement than we've ever seen before,' says epidemiologist Dr. Seth BerkleyEpidemiologist Dr. Seth Berkley spoke to Live Science about the importance of vaccine equity and the obstacles undermining it, as well as the political challenges to vaccines being raised in the U.S.
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INTERVIEW'It's really an extraordinary story,' historian Steven Tuck says of the Romans he tracked who survived the AD 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius"I have found two or three rich guys, but I found a couple hundred middle class and even some desperately poor people who made it out and left records. And that shocked me."
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INTERVIEWIn 'Secrets of the Brain,' Jim Al-Khalili explores 600 million years of brain evolution to understand what makes us humanIn his new BBC show, Jim Al-Khalili journeys through hundreds of millions of years of brain evolution. Live Science spoke to him about what he learned along the way and how this knowledge sheds new light on human cognition.
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Interview'We certainly weren't exceptional, but now we're the only ones left': In new PBS series 'Human,' anthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi explores how humans came to dominate EarthIn her new show, Ella Al-Shamahi charts humanity's evolutionary odyssey. We sat down with her to discuss the path of our species out of Africa to global hegemony.
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