Fireworks Season While the 5th of November, Guy Fawkes Night, is the original fireworks night, it is also marks the start of a short season of displays, spanning the nocturnal winter months and marking key calendar and cultural events such as the Winter Solstice and...
Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is one of the most important molecules in all living things; it contains a unique sequence of information needed for life. There are in fact over 3 billion sequences in the human genome which are responsible for our genetic makeup. Each DNA...
From Fiction To Fact? Marvel fans won’t need to be told about Adamantium, the metal that Wolverine’s retractable knuckle claws are made of. Within that fictional Marvel universe, Adamantium is one of the strongest metals on Earth, alongside Vibranium, the material...
We know now that a journey to the centre of the earth would be nowhere near as fantastic as Jules Verne’s depiction, with dinosaurs, secret civilisations and sunken cities. Rather, it would be more like a hi-tech, brute force drilling exercise through gigatonnes of...
Nikola Tesla was a famed inventor best known for his work in developing the alternating-current (AC) electrical system and Tesla Coil. He was a brilliant but modest man who spoke eight languages and had a photographic memory. His inventions changed the lives for...
The Power To Transform The Future Of Genetic Engineering In the field of science, few breakthroughs have sparked as much excitement and intrigue as CRISPR-Cas9. It’s probably not something you will have heard of, but is in fact a revolutionary genetic tool that...
