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The Toxicity of Bisphenol A

20 Mar 2017

Take an aspirin tablet. Now imagine cutting it in half. And in half again. Keep doing this, obviously in your imagination, until you have about three million pieces. Now take one of those pieces...

Why Do Leaves Have Autumn Colours?

20 Mar 2017

For many, the colour change of the leaves come September instigates a feeling of melancholy. Still, nobody denies that the reds, greens, oranges, and yellows are a spectacular sight! But what is...

"Chaotic seabirds" influenced Alfred Hitchcock

20 Feb 2017

In August 1961, in Capitola and Santa Cruz, California there was an invasion of what people described as 鈥渃haotic seabirds.鈥 These birds were believed to be under the influence of domoic acid, a...

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