When thriller author L.A. Larkin heard about Professor Martin Siegert's expedition to drill into a subglacial lake in Antarctica, she thought it was the perfect setting for a murder.

In this edition: What President Trump could mean for climate change, how medical students are helping in rural Nepal, and discussing diet drinks.

In surprising research, scientists say we don't have good evidence that artificially sweetened drinks help us lose weight. We talk to the researchers about why that might be and how we can find out for sure.

Two students on the Imperial College Enables program - which involves undergraduate medical students delivering healthcare and education in remote locations - talk about their experiences in Nepal.

Ahead of Donald Trump's inauguration as President of the United States, Grantham Institute Co-Director Professor Joanna Haigh talks about his track record, cabinet picks, and what the world can do if the US pulls out of climate agreements.

We discuss new research revealing that the more parasites a mosquito carries, the more likely it is to pass on malaria. We also look forward to the next Fringe event, which will focus on all things financial.

For the final Fringe event of 2016 visitors were taken on research journeys around the world, from sparrows on the island of Lundy to volcanology in Mexico, carbon dioxide storage in Qatar and beetles in Borneo.

The Enterprise Lab is open for business - a space where students can jump-start entrepreneurial ideas by connecting with others, receiving mentoring and even testing out their pitching skills.

Micrometeorites are falling to Earth all the time, but until now they have been difficult to distinguish from industrial dust. For the first time, researchers have identified them in gutters in Oslo, Paris and Berlin.

Researchers invent a water-sampling drone that dives like a gannet and leaps like a flying fish, and a study reveals the best music to listen to for winning that Christmas board game.