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
Posted: October 24, 2025
Your heart is an amazing organ. It will beat about 115,000 times each day, and pumps about 2,000 gallons of blood every day. The network of arteries, veins and capillaries
Posted: October 17, 2025
Maintaining the same levels of water in the body is part of homeostasis. But how much do you actually know about water? Did you know for example that: Goldfish remember
Posted: October 10, 2025
Plants are fascinating – and vital for life. Through photosynthesis they absorb carbon dioxide, and produce oxygen. One tree produces nearly 260 pounds of oxygen each year whereas an acre
Posted: October 3, 2025
Without photosynthesis taking place in plants, we would not have any food to eat. There are many more amazing facts about plants – here are just a few. An average
Posted: September 26, 2025
Cells along the inner wall of the stomach secrete roughly 2 litres of hydrochloric acid every day. This helps to kill bacteria and aids in digestion, by providing the correct
Posted: September 19, 2025
There are about 700 enzymes active in the human body, and every second around 100,000 chemical reactions occur in the brain! Most of these involve neurotransmitters, allowing communication between neurones.
Posted: September 12, 2025
Have you ever wondered why leaves change colour in autumn, from green to orange and red? Photosynthesis is the process trees use to make their food. Using energy from the
Posted: September 5, 2025
Ever wondered what causes the sinking feeling in your stomach when you are on a roller coaster? On Earth, gravity pulls us towards the ground, but the ground is in
Posted: August 29, 2025
Chlorine is one of the halogens, the second most abundant on Earth, and has many uses. However, it also has certain harmful effects. Chlorine is one of the atoms in
Posted: August 22, 2025
Everyone loves a firework display – but have you ever wondered how this links to your lessons about alkali metals? Most historians believe that fireworks were invented in China, though
Posted: August 15, 2025
You are in the final minute of a rugby match and you have to kick a perfect drop goal. The last thing you will be thinking about is your maths
Posted: August 8, 2025
Algebra is all about x’s and y’s. When the English mathematician Augustus de Morgan was asked for his age, he would reply, “I was x years of age in the year x²”
Posted: August 1, 2025
At 45 letters, “pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis”, which refers to a lung disease, is considered by some to be the longest word in English. It is, however, a made up word. It was
Posted: July 25, 2025
Triskaidekaphobia is fear of the number 13! Logophobia is the fear of words! Or maybe you have nomophobia – the fear of being without your mobile phone! There are some
Posted: July 18, 2025
“The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog” The sentence above is a PANGRAM – it contains all 26 letters of the alphabet! Or have you heard of isograms.
Posted: July 11, 2025
Before you practice using letters in algebra – check out some of these long and strange English words! The longest word in English which doesn’t use the letter E is
Posted: July 4, 2025
Menstruation has been found in different groups of mammals but generally it is primates who have a menstrual cycle. This includes our closest relatives, such as chimpanzees, monkeys and apes.
Posted: June 27, 2025
DNA is pretty amazing! While it is widely known that humans can share up to 98% of their DNA with chimpanzees, did you know that cabbages and humans share about
Posted: June 20, 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: June 13, 2025
Some animals go to great lengths to attract a mate for reproduction. Step up, the dancing male bird of paradise! These birds inherit dance moves from their father, then practise
Posted: June 6, 2025
Before you learn all about specialised cells, take a look at some of these fascinating number facts about them. 120 This is the how many days, approximately, a human
Posted: May 30, 2025
Half human, half microbe! Scientists used to think that bacteria and other microbes in our body outnumber our own cells by about ten to one. However it is now thought
Posted: May 23, 2025
There are many old wives tales and home remedies for curing hiccups from holding your breath to swallowing a glass of water. But have you ever heard of dry swallowing
Posted: May 16, 2025
Ever wondered where the simile “As cool as a cucumber” comes from? They are cool to the touch and apparently the inside of a cucumber can be as much as
Posted: May 9, 2025
Microscopes have been around for hundreds of years, with the earliest known as “flea glasses” because they were used to observe insects. In 1997, a tiny replica guitar carved from
Posted: May 2, 2025
Our genetics determine what our blood type is. Humans have many different blood types, around 30 recognised blood groups altogether, although you may just know the main 4 groups (A,
Posted: April 25, 2025
The study of genetics has taught us many important things, helping us to diagnose, prevent and treat many diseases. The human genome is incredible, we have 46 chromosomes, made up
Posted: April 18, 2025
Transition metals have many different uses. Two of these metals are silver and gold, but how much do you actually know about them? Silver is the best thermal conductor of
