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Posted 13/12/2016

“I would rather have questions that can’t be answered than answers which can’t be questioned” Richard Feynman was a Nobel...

Posted 10/12/2016

Chimpanzees recognise bottoms as well as faces Being able to tell friend from foe by their face has been so important to us that we have evolved...

Posted 07/12/2016

For over 150 million years there were giant reptiles running around the Earth and in a very short space of time they all disappeared. That’s...

Posted 06/12/2016

“Play is the highest form of research”. This succinct and thought-provoking quote from Albert Einstein has heavily influenced our...

Posted 03/12/2016

Platypus venom might help to treat diabetes The Platypus is a weird little creature. It’s like a mammal that wants to be a duck with its...

Posted 30/11/2016

It seems our previous post asking why the sea is salty inspired some further curiosity and we’ve been asked how fish know when it’s time to go...

Posted 26/11/2016

Ants farm tropical fruits Humans invented agriculture around 10,000 years ago and were probably quite proud of themselves. But for Philidris...

Posted 23/11/2016

There is salt everywhere: in the soil, in rocks, in living things. Rivers carry this salt into the seas and it gets stuck there because there’s...

Posted 22/11/2016

Neil deGrasse Tyson – astrophysicist extraordinaire, planetarium director, cosmologist, author, radio presenter and all-round cool guy...

Posted 19/11/2016

Nasa has a poo problem… NASA have a problem and they are looking for help. Space science has achieved a lot and solved many of the problems...

Posted 16/11/2016

To celebrate the fantastic supermoon that graced our skies yesterday, we’re tackling a common question about our closest cosmic neighbour...

Posted 15/11/2016

“I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night”. Galileo’s words embody the power of curiosity and inquiry to...