Like most people with a biology background, I love fossils. Who doesn’t!? I went through… Read more…Why I failed at fossil hunting – so you don’t have to
My head was pounding! Sitting at my desk, the computer monitor glared painfully as I… Read more…Lost for words – my brain virus and me!
Our moon – known as Luna by the Romans and Selene by the Greeks –… Read more…What’s possible & what’s probable – life on the Moon, alien octopus, & the Loch Ness monster
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Recently I have been making an effort to get back to my biology roots and… Read more…How to make a mobile microscope
One of my favourite quotes is that “some people close their eyes and all they… Read more…Eigengrau – why you don’t see nothing
Disclaimer: I love spooky things and I also love science – I’m not trying to… Read more…Demonic mirrors & the Troxler effect
Why did you become a scientist? Most scientists, when I ask them this question, struggle… Read more…What makes you a scientist?
An understanding of genetics has been with us from very early on. We didn’t exactly… Read more…Take a good look at yourself! – Imaging DNA
Researchers from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, San Diego, have developed a microscope that works… Read more…The Underwater Microscope