Life as a science writer – how to get started
Writing is one of those weird areas where you don’t need any formal training or certification to do it, you […]
Demonic mirrors & the Troxler effect
Disclaimer: I love spooky things and I also love science – I’m not trying to ruin one with the other. […]
The day I met Darwin & accidentally made a scene.
There are few things that can make a biologist swoon, but Darwin is one of them. I’ve never met a […]
Life as a science writer so far
It’s been two years since I sold my first article and officially became a science writer. To me, you’re not […]
Micrographia
One of the greatest and earliest contributions to the world of microscopy was the 17th century book Micrographia by […]
The secret of Leeuwenhoeks lenses
This is a great article on work done by the TU Delft Reactor Institute, investigating how Antonie van Leeuwenhoek made […]
Connecting the pale blue dots
As the Voyager 1 space probe was leaving our solar system, Carl Sagan asked that it be turned around to […]
The gentleman botanist
**A special thank you to Eimear and Ger for their help and for allowing me access to the microscope** Last […]
Free eBooks? Yes, please!
This is a little off topic but as I have been doing a bit of science history research lately I […]
What makes you a scientist?
Why did you become a scientist? Most scientists, when I ask them this question, struggle to answer it. When they […]