Mary Anning, The Fossil Girl
Mary Anning was born in 1799 in Lyme Regis, a small seaside town on the Dorset coast that is now famous as part of England’s Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site....
Light, Colour & Rainbows: Experiments to Do at Home
Light, colour and rainbows are fascinating, and you can explore all of them with simple bits and pieces at home. The experiments outlined below focus on being easy to follow,...
What Is an Astrolabe?
An astrolabe is one of history’s most elegant and versatile astronomical instruments, used for over a thousand years to tell time from the stars, navigate, survey land, and study the...
Nettie Stevens (1861-1912): The Unsung Pioneer Who Unlocked the Secret of Sex Determination
Nettie Maria Stevens (1861–1912), an American geneticist, discovered the chromosomal basis of sex determination in 1905. Studying mealworm beetles, she found males produce sperm with either a large (X) or...
Sir Isaac Newton: The Man Behind Gravity, Motion, and His Timeless Laws
Early Life: Shadows and Genius In the quiet orchards of Woolsthorpe Manor, Lincolnshire, a young Isaac Newton pondered the fall of an apple – or so the legend goes. This...
Build a Solar Oven for Summer Science Adventures & Melted Chocolate Fun
This classic experiment uses a simple cardboard box to harness the power of the sun to create a solar oven capable of melting some yummy chocolate, making it a fantastic...
The Science of Bioluminescence: Nature’s Glow-in-the-Dark Wonders
What Is Bioluminescence? Unpacking the Science Bioluminescence is nature’s way of creating light without heat, a process where living organisms like fireflies, jellyfish, and deep-sea fish produce a radiant glow...
Interview with a Toy Shop Employee: USA Edition
My favourite thing in store - the customers! There are days I get stuck on the hamster wheel at my desk piled high with paperwork and to-do lists, but then...
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