Dear Darwin, because of you…
“Stop monkeying around,” angry students tell top scientist.When the celebrated scientist, Mr Charles Darwin received a box of letters from today’s teenagers, he was in two minds about whether to open it.
Ideas and Evidence
Science and scientific evidenceWatch the video, ‘what’s in the box’ then see if you are able to work out what was in the box from the sounds?
Your fingerprints: Are they really unique?
We put a Fingerprints expert to the test.Can fingerprints really be used to discover who was at the scene of a crime?
Coke Fountain
Suppose you notice that if you drop mint sweets into diet coke, you get a frothy eruption.After you’ve tried it a few times, you wonder what’s causing it to happen. Where are the bubbles coming from, you ask yourself?
Jim on The Big Bang
Why do scientists think the Universe began with the Big Bang?The Universe began long before humans were around to see. And we can’t make it happen again. Why then do scientists think the Big Bang theory is probably right?
Galileo rocks the boat
Galileo was born in Italy around 500 years ago (in 1564). He was far cleverer than almost everyone he knew and he had a cat’s curiosity for knowledge.Galileo followed his knowledge where it led him (into hot water or not). He designed and built gadgets (instruments) to help him to answer scientific questions
What's the point of God in science?
Why are we here?Long ago the answer seemed obvious. A universe can’t come from nowhere and it can’t make itself … so clearly it was made by an amazing deity.
Ultimate optical illusions
A scientist in Japan says he has discovered a better way to fool our eyes.Scientists are making new discoveries all the time. Professor Akiyoshi Kitaoka specialises in discovering how peripheral vision works … so that he can design optical illusions that outclass anything currently available.
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