Cells are really important: all living things are made of them. They are often one of the first things you learn about when you start secondary school, and feature prominently at GCSE and A-Level too. And they are fascinating – and ...
Yesterday morning, much of the UK woke up to snow. It was all very exciting, and much fun was had by all; the cats hated it; we built a comely snow wench. But where does snow come from? Why don’t we get more of it when it’s cold? And ...
I like December. I like the changing weather, and the cold and frost (weird, I know – I just like being able to wrap up warm and go outside!), and the anticipation of Christmas. I like excuses to stay inside curled up with the cats. ...
As anyone who knows me will tell you, I like food and I like cooking. I especially like being creative with flavours, textures, and presentation, particularly making things look something else / not food / similar. (The time I made ...
This year, antibiotics were voted Britain’s greatest invention by the public in a TV collaboration between the BBC and the Science Museum. And it’s true: antibiotics really have changed the world. Antibiotic use has its downsides ...
On Friday night last week, I set out with the express intention of staying up late to watch the Orionids. I was disappointed. We had thick cloud cover and heavy rain. The sky might have been beautifully dark, but I couldn’t see a ...
Why is the sky broken? That is the question my cats spent much of Monday asking me. Why is the sky broken? What is wrong with it? The eldest of the cats sat as close as he could to the middle of our house and growled at it – and ...
