The Science of Slinky Drops
Watching QI is, without fail, a great way to learn new things that make me go… “Hah that’s quite interesting!” (yeah, you saw that coming!). This time Stephen Fry was talking about slinky drops,...
Category: General Science
Mantis Shrimp and the Technicolor World
Pretty much everyone has seen the fantastic Oatmeal comic about the Mantis Shrimp by now. Because the mantis shrimp has such amazingly complex eyes, we assumed that they would see the world around them...
The Mutant Lobster
Last night the BBC had an interesting documentary (Nature’s Weirdest Events) which featured a really bizarre creature; the two-colored lobster, split right down the middle where one half was bright orange, and the other...
MERS Virus and the Bat out of Hell
Last week there was news reports that the virus responsible for the Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) was found in a bat in Saudi Arabia. As per usual the headlines pounced on this story...
No Neuron is an Island
No neuron is an island. It comes as no surprise that the cells that are responsible for something as profound as our thoughts, feelings and movements require a lot of support and nurture. Neurons...
The History of Milk
Fascinating article in Nature about how our ability to consume milk evolved due to a chance genetic mutation that spread through the population, and shaped human settlement across a continent. You can read the...
