Posted: August 14, 2026
Scientists believe that the first known cells originated on Earth around 3.8 billion years ago! These were prokaryotes – single celled organisms without a nucleus. There are 200 different types
Posted: August 7, 2026
You may have enjoyed taking medicine more if you had lived centuries ago. As far back as the 9th century, sugar was given as a medicine, a practice which continued
Posted: July 31, 2026
Ever heard the phrase “blowing hot and cold? Did you know that it may have originated from one of Aesop’s fables. He was a Greek slave and storyteller from between
Posted: July 24, 2026
Microscopes have been around for hundreds of years, with the earliest known as “flea glasses” because they were used to observe insects. Before they were invented, people believed that illnesses
Posted: July 17, 2026
The study of genetics is fascinating. Did you know that genes can break or disappear!! Most mammals, due to a particular combination of genes, have the ability to produce their
Posted: July 10, 2026
DNA contains the genetic instructions for the development and functioning of a living organism. Here are some amazing facts about DNA and genetics. You are not 100% human!! Around 5-8%
Posted: July 3, 2026
There are many transition metals, with many different uses. They can be found everywhere, from your mobile phone to the inside of your body. They can form coloured compounds, conduct
Posted: June 26, 2026
If you don’t like learning about fractions, you would have been happy in Maths lessons centuries ago! Fractions as we use them today did not exist in Europe until the
Posted: June 19, 2026
Did you know that the blood of different animals can be different colours. Pigments and proteins found in the blood cause the different colours, which help the animals survive in
Posted: June 12, 2026
The brain is part of your body’s central nervous system. It’s the most complicated part of your body. The brain is an incredible organ which has the ability to send
Posted: June 5, 2026
Oxygen is the third most abundant element in the universe. It is made in stars which are 5 or more times heavier than the Sun, when they burn helium and
Posted: May 29, 2026
Hydrogen is believed to be one of three elements produced in the Big Bang, alongside helium and lithium. Most of the energy on our planet is due to hydrogen. This
Posted: May 22, 2026
There are many unusual shapes in the world. The rhombicosidodecahedron, or small rhombicosidodecahedron, is known as an Archimedean solid. It is one of thirteen convex solids made of two or
Posted: May 15, 2026
Salt is incredibly important, and really useful. A common myth is that Roman soldiers were partly paid in salt, resulting in the word “salary” We need to keep levels of
Posted: May 8, 2026
When you get into the bath, the water level goes up – you would expect it to. But if you pour a handful of salt (for example sodium chloride) into
Posted: May 1, 2026
If you jump out of a plane, you will accelerate towards the Earth for a while. The speed at which you fall will eventually even out as a result of
Posted: April 24, 2026
Apparently most people’s favourite number is 7! Seven does have many familiar connections. There are seven days in the week and seven wonders of the world, seven colours of the
Posted: April 17, 2026
Angles are everywhere in our lives, even if we do not always notice them. Many different jobs incorporate the understanding of angles, including engineering, art, construction, architecture and astronomy. In
Posted: April 10, 2026
Cheetahs are the fastest animal on land. They can accelerate from standing still to over 60 mph in just 3 seconds, and can reach speeds of up to 75 mph.
Posted: April 3, 2026
Electrolysis can be used to extract lead from molten lead bromide, but did you know some of these interesting facts about lead? Ancient Romans used lead for making pipes. The
Posted: March 27, 2026
The oddly “clean” smell that sometimes comes during a storm is that of ozone!! Lightning strikes split diatomic oxygen molecules in the atmosphere into individual oxygen atoms. These can then combine
Posted: March 20, 2026
Tardigrades are eight-legged animals that are nicknamed water bears. They are tiny, up to 1.2mm long, but are capable of withstanding the most extreme environments. These hardy creatures survive even
Posted: March 13, 2026
The Golden Ratio is a special number describing a ratio of approximately 1 to 1.618 that is commonly found in nature. It appears many times in geometry, art, architecture and other
Posted: March 6, 2026
Planet Earth is sometimes referred to as the blue planet because it is mostly covered in oceans and has a thick atmosphere, giving it a blue appearance. Mars, however, is
Posted: February 27, 2026
Sequences can be really useful. Special algorithms use the data of past crimes to try and predict when and where crime may occur in the future. In Los Angeles using
Posted: February 20, 2026
Did you know that eleven plus two is actually an anagram of twelve plus one. This is very apt, as the answer to both is 13!! To make it more
Posted: February 13, 2026
Did you know that the equals sign (=) was invented in 1557 by a Welsh mathematician named Robert Recorde? However it was not widely used until the 1700’s. The symbols
Posted: February 13, 2026
The speed of nerve impulses varies enormously in different types of neurone. The fastest travel at about 250 mph, faster than a Formula 1 racing car! The slowest signal is
Posted: January 30, 2026
Our reaction time is the time it takes for us to respond to something happening. In this time, our senses notice something and send a signal back to the brain,
Posted: January 23, 2026
You probably already know that objects float because they are less dense than water. But have you ever wondered how huge objects like ships, don’t sink? They float, even though
Posted: January 16, 2026
Avogadro’s constant is a massive number, and can be really difficult to comprehend when you are completing calculations with moles. Imagine this: • If there were a mole of rice
Posted: January 9, 2026
Archimedes is well known for discovering that when you enter into a bath, the water level immediately rises. He noticed that the weight of his body displaced a certain amount
Posted: December 19, 2025
There are about 700 enzymes active in the human body, some of which we need to digest our food. If only Santa Claus had a few more – he is
Posted: December 12, 2025
Has anyone ever linked maths with Christmas?! Surprisingly the answer is yes – even if it isn’t trigonometry. There are some mathematicians who have looked into the maths behind Christmas
Posted: December 5, 2025
Protein synthesis is very important. The human body contains about 100,000 different types of protein. The body needs protein to grow, heal, and carry about nearly every chemical reaction in
Posted: November 28, 2025
You have probably all heard of Pythagoras, and his theorem, but what do you know about the man himself? Pythagoras was an Ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher. Not much accurate
Posted: November 21, 2025
Sequences are everywhere! The Fibonacci sequence is found in many places in nature. It is a series of numbers in which the next number is calculated by adding the previous
Posted: November 14, 2025
Did you know that the earliest microscopes were known as “flea glasses” because they were used to study small insects? Or that most of the oxygen produced by photosynthesis doesn’t
Posted: November 7, 2025
Helium is one of the noble gases and the second most abundant element in the universe. It is so light that Earth’s gravity is not strong enough to hold on
Posted: October 31, 2025
Unfortunately for slugs, their moist skin is far more permeable to water than the skin of most other animals. When salt is placed on them the process of osmosis begins
