by Captain Skellett | Mar 8, 2011 | How Things Work, Just for Fun
One of my guilty pleasures is my RSS subscription to Zooborns, a blog all about baby animals. When I check Google Reader, I read sensible, serious blog posts about science until I finally cave and look at the cuteness. Amongst the treasure trove of nursing giraffes...
by Captain Skellett | Oct 5, 2010 | Science Communication
This week is vegetarian week, and it’s also the week Nobel Prize winners are announced. Coincidence? I think not. The 2010 prize for Physiology and Medicine was awarded to Robert G. Edwards for the development of in vitro fertilisation. His initial success in...
by Captain Skellett | May 2, 2010 | Recent Research, Sex and Reproduction
Image by bettina n Being stressed is not good for a pregnant mother, but how the baby reacts to the stress depends partly on its gender. Research led by Vicki Clifton from the University of Adelaide is finding out how stress changes the way babies develop. When...
