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Another dissection
Following our enjoyable home dissection of ‘Simon’ the Fish, my daughter and I recently decided to try another. She spotted the perfect subject while on a trip to…
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Simon the fish
A few weeks ago, my daughter and I did an impromptu dissection of a fish (which we called ‘Simon’, which we obtained from the fresh fish counter…
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I am the Edison Phonograph
I have been fascinated by this 1906 phonograph advertising recording since I first heard it. Just came across it again, and thought I would share it. Click on…
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Happy birthday, Dr Snow
Today (14th March) was Einstein’s birthday (he was born in 1879). It was also pi day – happy pi day (should really be tau day – to understand…
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Elements … and cholera
I’m very excited that my new book – The Elements: The New Guide to the Building Blocks of Our Universe – is due to be published in just a…
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Two new element names and two new books
The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) confirmed today the new names for the transuranium elements 114 and 116: flerovium (Fl) and livermorium (Lv). The new…
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A million times smaller?
I don’t know about you, but I always get annoyed with phrases like “a million times smaller”. It has been one of my bugbears for many years. Now…
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End of the World! (not)
Watch this great, straight-talking, undramatic new video from NASA regarding the claims of the end of the world, which some people have suggested will happen on 21st December…
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Futurecade
Recently, as part of its Talk Science initiative, the Science Museum launched a suite of four online games aimed at teenagers, called Futurecade (the name is a contraction of ‘future’…
Jack Challoner
Science Author