Estimating the number of your body’s building blocks is not as straightforward as it seems By the most recent estimates, the average human is made up of approximately 37.2 trillion cells. To put that unthinkably...
Hydrogen peroxide, a type of bleach, has a variety of applications in industry – one of which is to remove colour from hair Hair is made from a tough protein called keratin, the same...
Impress your friends with these incredible facts about the world around us 1. Babies have around 100 more bones than adults Babies have about 300 bones at birth, with cartilage between many of them....
Have culture and technology stopped evolution in its tracks? Every human alive today can trace their ancestry back to east Africa around 200,000 years ago – DNA from a single woman still exists in...
Since the first fully synthetic plastic was invented in 1907 by chemist Leo Baekeland, Bakelite or polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride (try saying that three times fast!) has paved the way for the modern era of plastic. Now...
With Easter fast approaching, dress up your eggs for unique displays and egg hunts
Unscramble the fascinating fertilisation process of bird eggs Whether you boil them, scramble them or whip them into a prize-winning soufflé, eggs are one of the most versatile ingredients in the kitchen. But have...
Discover the science behind the surgical swaps that save lives It’s often a misconception that those who require an organ transplant have in some way damaged their own body, for example, by smoking or...
The science behind why time flies when we’re having fun When you are waiting for a bus you can usually estimate how long you’ve been standing there. Our ability to keep track of time...
Call out those crazy claims with our quick guide to fake facts 1. Resist clickbait Outrageous headlines get clicks, but the articles underneath don’t always back up the claims. It’s hard to summarise science...
