Quote of the week – Jocelyn Bell Burnell
Posted 14/02/2017
“Science is a quest for understanding.” – Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell. When Jocelyn Bell Burnell was a postgraduate student she...
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Do Aliens Exist?
Posted 10/02/2017
If your child asks you this question, don’t feel you actually need to know the answer. Nobody knows, which makes it a great question. Forget UFOs...
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Why should you do science activities with your children?
Posted 08/02/2017
As we like to say at Letterbox Lab, science is weird, messy and fun to play with, but science is also one of those precious things in life that...
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Quote of the week – Stephen Hawking
Posted 07/02/2017
“Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see and about what makes the universe exist. Be...
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Why shouldn’t you put a blanket on a cold blooded animal?
Posted 06/02/2017
Hi science fans, Mia here. Usually Bryan writes the blog posts but this topic is especially close to my heart, as someone who is a relatively...
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Quote of the week – Sally Ride
Posted 24/01/2017
“There’s something magical about pushing back the frontiers of knowledge” – Sally Ride. Sally Ride, the first female...
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How do Snakes Work?
Posted 18/01/2017
Another question that came to us through our blog, and it’s a beauty. I love the thought of a kid looking at a snake and thinking “how does that...
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Quote of the week – William Blake
Posted 17/01/2017
“What is now proved was once only imagined” – William Blake. William Blake was a visionary – a poet and artist little...
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Why do stars shine?
Posted 11/01/2017
This is one that lots of people get wrong, even people who know quite a bit about science. I used to train planetarium presenters at a science...
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Quote of the week – Carl Sagan
Posted 10/01/2017
“If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the Universe” – Carl Sagan Everything we see and touch is...
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Are Daddy Longlegs Really Venomous?
Posted 04/01/2017
Nope, not one little bit. There is a popular myth that daddy longlegs are incredibly venomous but their fangs are too small to break human skin...
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Quote of the week – Vera Rubin
Posted 03/01/2017
On Christmas day the world lost another hero of science. Vera Rubin smashed the boundaries presented to her by her gender to a pioneer of...
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