I’ve always found Oliver Sacks’ books fascinating. Sacks was a neurologist, but in this book he gives us a glimpse of his childhood interests. In his early years he was fascinated by the natural world.
This sticky end is a clue to cancer’s causes
How do healthy cells turn cancerous? Their DNA gradually accumulates errors. Most of these errors aren’t important, but occasionally they stop the cell from working properly. They might cause a cell to grow out of control – and this can lead to cancer.
Bedtime Science: Why do seeds travel?
To have a better chance at life this seed needs to get away from its parent. That’s why nature has come up with all sorts of different ways for seeds to travel.
Bedtime Science: How do seeds travel?
If animals run out of food they can can move to where there’s more. Plants can’t get up and move to find a better place to grow. But they have found ways to send their “children” to new places where they might have a better chance of surviving.
What’s the point of prickles?
What good are prickles anyway? A prickle is attached to a seed which is catching a ride somewhere. The sharp (ouch) pointy bit attaches it to something, usually an animal.
Helicopter trees
Did you know that helicopters grew on trees long before people invented them?
Putting poison in the pantry: Plastic microfibres
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The man who discovered a new world in a drop of water
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A closer look at microbeads
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Can you tell if that product contains microbeads?
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