Rational heroes
Scientists of note talk about their work, struggles and achievements
Randy Schekman: first, a breakthrough in cell research. Now for one in publishing
First, he identified how cells transport and secrete proteins. Now, as he tells Zoë Corbyn, he aims to take on the ‘elite’ science journals
Edzard Ernst: outspoken professor of complementary medicine
His uncompromising research into alternative medicine won him friends – and enemies – in high places, writes Nicola Davis
Dame Julia Slingo: the woman who reads the skies
The Met Office's chief scientist loves her job, despite the threat of maulings by the press, writes Nicola Davis
Stephen Wolfram: 'The textbook has never interested me'
Zoë Corbyn on the British child genius who abandoned physics to devote himself to coding and the cosmos
Stanley Prusiner: 'A Nobel prize doesn't wipe the scepticism away'
Zoë Corbyn meets neurologist Stanley Prusiner, whose discovery of the agent that causes CJD was greeted with disbelief
George Smoot: We mapped the embryonic universe
Zoë Corbyn speaks to the Nobel-winning scientist who proved that the big bang created the cosmos
Françoise Barré-Sinoussi: 'Ruling out a cure for Aids would not be French'
The scientist who helped discover the HIV retrovirus talks about her work and why she is convinced a cure for Aids can yet be found, writes Zoë Corbyn
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan interview: 'It takes courage to tackle very hard problems in science'
The biologist won a Nobel prize for chemistry for his part in unlocking the key to the ribosome but he doesn't want science to turn into a contest, writes Robin McKie
Lesley Yellowlees: 'I saw something no one else had seen'
A pioneer of solar energy and the first female president of the Royal Society of Chemistry talks to Nicola Davis
Dennis Lo: 'Should parents be told about a disease their child might get?'
The professor of chemical pathology who pioneered non-invasive prenatal diagnosis is keenly aware of the ethical implications, writes Zoë Corbyn
Tom Kibble: 'It didn't seem that special at the time'
Alok Jha meets the physicist whose pioneering 1964 work led to the discovery last year of the Higgs boson
Saul Perlmutter: 'Science is about figuring out your mistakes'
The astrophysicist who discovered that the universe is expanding at an accelerating rate tells Zoë Corbyn why he isn't afraid to fail
Edith Heard: 'We can't undo what our parents have given us in terms of our genes'
Epigenetics professor Edith Heard tells Catherine de Lange why she's concerned about too much faith being invested in her field
Sherry Turkle: 'We're losing the raw, human part of being with each other'
Catherine de Lange meets the one-time 'cyber-diva' who some now call a 'technophobe'
David Colquhoun, Twitter-addicted scourge of scientific quackery
Professor of pharmacology David Colquhoun, the debunker of pseudoscience on his unmissable blog, talks to Tim Adams
Cynthia Kenyon: 'The idea that ageing was subject to control was completely unexpected'
The molecular biologist who made a discovery that led to a revolution in our understanding of the ageing process talks to Catherine de Lange
Steven Weinberg: 'I wanted to be on the in – privy to all the secrets of physics'
The Nobel prize-winning physicist talks to Brian Clegg about his quest to write the universal textbook
Uta Frith: 'The brain is not a pudding; it is an engine'
The neuroscientist who first recognised autism as a condition of the brain rather than the result of cold parenting talks to Kate Kellaway
Dan Shechtman: 'Linus Pauling said I was talking nonsense'
Alok Jha talks to the Nobel laureate whose discovery caused a furore among fellow scientists
