Watch the Penguin Parade
This is about the Little Penguins on Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia. In a normal year you could visit Phillip Island Nature Park at sunset and watch the penguins come in … Continue reading
Know your apostrophes!
I you think that’s a typo and it should have been spelt apostrophe’s …this is for you. It pays to know how to use your apostrophes. I see them used … Continue reading
Ten tips for a Taiwan adventure
Taiwan has a lot to offer the traveller. It’s safe, it’s relatively easy to get around and explore, and it’s not over-run with tourists (yet). Here are some tips I … Continue reading
Helicopters and convergent evolution
Nature comes up with brilliant ways to solve all sorts of problems. There’s pretty good evidence that this happens by a process called evolution. Some solutions are so good that they’re … Continue reading
Using restriction enzymes to cut and paste
Restriction enzymes occur naturally in bacteria, but they’re also really useful tools in molecular biology. This is because they cut DNA at known sequences. This tool can be used in many ways. Previously … Continue reading
Restriction enzyme recognition sites – the oldest palindromes
Madam, I’m Adam. A fast never prevents fatness. Never odd or even. These are all palindromes – the letters are the same whether they’re read backwards or forwards. But bacteria invented palindromes … Continue reading
Peacocks and peacock spiders
In case you missed it, peacock spiders are the new internet sensation. Sydney Biologist Jurgen Otto has made a hobby of discovering and studying these little beauties. Here’s his most popular video, … Continue reading
Plants – feeding the world
Where does our food come from? It might pass through a fish, a cow, or a factory, but our food first became food in plants. Plants use the energy in … Continue reading
What colour would you like your celery? Videos!
Did you try out our experiment with celery and food dye? Here are some other ways to experiment with food colouring and plants. I like the red cauliflower. … Continue reading
What colour would you like your celery? Part 2 – What did you find out?
Earlier I showed you how you could use food dye to investigate how water moves through celery. Did you do it?! If you did, good on you! What did you find? … Continue reading
Real Science and Other Adventures 