I had the pleasure of interviewing geoscientist and National Geographic Explorer, Andrés Ruzo on the publication of his first book, The Boiling River. Many of us have childhood dreams, perhaps of long lost places, imaginary worlds we might once be lucky enough to visit. We might be told stories, ones which we believe at the …
In an exciting new partnership with the British Exploring Society, we’re delighted to bring you their first guest post, James Borrell, a conservation biologist with a passion for challenging expeditions, looks at why scientific expeditions are so important.
On Thursday 6th November, I had the pleasure of interviewing BBC Television presenter Liz Bonnin. Liz has presented many TV programmes over her career, from BBC Bang Goes the Theory since it first aired in July of 2009 and Operation Snow Tiger to specials like the BBC Horizon Series to BBC Stargazing Live. She\’s used her …
For ages now we’ve been battling an increasing problem – all caused by antibiotics. Antibiotics have dated all the way back to 1928 after Alexander Fleming; a bacteriologist discovered penicillin at London’s St Mary’s Hospital. Since then, such a small idea has grown and blossomed into the antibiotics we know today and has saved over …
A trip into space can be yours for $250,000 USD. It may sound a little science fiction, but it’s soon to become science fact. Over 700 astronauts have already booked their place on board Virgin’s next project: Virgin Galactic – furthering the space frontier. Once you’re confirmed you become one of the selected few to …
For a few months now, I\’ve been working on my eBook – Science Bites. Tomorrow it reaches the Amazon Kindle Store for £1.51. The idea behind the eBook was to make science fun and interesting – by using small, manageable pieces of information. The eBook is about 180 pages long and covers topics from life …
In this rare image taken on July 19, 2013, the camera onboard NASA\’s Cassini spacecraft has captured Saturn\’s rings, Earth and its moon in the same picture. The image that\’s shown here is only one part of 33 other images the Cassini probe has taken. In this image the Earth is 898 million miles away. …
A team of Scientists at Swansea University has found out why sloths are able to spend up to 9o% of their lives hanging upside down, yet still breathing normally. This research was carried out in Costa Rica and published by the Royal Society here in the UK. This research found that the sloths, which live …
Sorry for not posting in a while – we\’ve been plagued with computer issues! Scientists say they have potentially witnessed what they believe could be the birth of Saturn\’s 63rd Moon. The probe Cassini has taken a black and white image of Saturn\’s outermost ring which is believed to hold the evidence. It\’s such …
