Nov 27, 2006
Posted in Chemistry, Education, Science at 12:00 am by David Bradley -- Click to comment
From the age of 13, Mark Leach has had a subscription to the popular-science magazine Scientific American, and more recently the journal Nature. His scientific interests include cosmology, high energy and nuclear physics, materials science (particularly carbon nanotubes), geophysics, molecular biology, evolution, information technology, the brain, defense technology, and scientific ethics. Professionally, Mark is a chemist interested in ‘chemistry, the-whole-thing’. I interviewed for my Reactive Profile column this month, find …
Aug 24, 2006
Posted in Education, Science at 12:00 am by David Bradley -- Click to comment
With a new school year almost upon us, there is a pressing need for parents everywhere to get advance warning of the kind of science conundrums (conundra?) they will face when their little darlings return with that first batch of science homework.
As ever, sciencebase is here to help with a bench covered in science fair projects, a labful of science experiments and all the science books for home study you can bear.
A …
Jun 15, 2006
Posted in Education, Science at 8:31 am by David Bradley -- 2 Comments; add yours
A friend of mine is into nature conservation in a big way and one of the tools of the trade, which to the outsider may seem rather odd, is owl pellet dissection.
Owl pellets are the regurgitates remains (bones, feathers and other indigestibles) that accumulate in this bird of prey’s gizzard after it dines on small rodents and other critters. The dessicated pellets are to be found lying where they …
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