How are we powered by the Sun?
…fats, proteins or other carbohydrates and stored. Animals eat the plants and use the stored sugar for energy for moving around and growing. Animals that eat only plants are called…
What is a female robot?
…a sexual reproductive category in biological animals, and that robots, gynoids and AIs are machines, what exactly makes one of them ‘female’? If we look at current robotic and AI…
How to make a glow detector
…Ambient animals Lots of animals can glow, including turtles, scorpions and sharks! Imagine if you could glow—what would you use your super glowing powers for? Have you made a glow…
Free floating frogs
…instead was a physical phenomenon. and so set out to prove that. Volta said that the “animal” part of Galvani’s animal electricity was not needed. Animals merely responded to normal…
The baby who launched a test tube revolution
…and chromosomal disorders and how the egg, sperm and embryo developed. IVF began when Edwards, while working in Cambridge, was keen to extend research on animals to find ways to…
Six things we learned at BBC Tomorrow’s World Live
…brain, and can be used as companion animals. “You do form an attachment and you do end up talking to it,” said about travelling with his robot. He said after…
Exploring our collection: the canary resuscitator
…our collections? Firstly, while I don’t advocate the use of animals in testing dangerous conditions, I am pleased that Haldane spared a thought for the canaries themselves and worked to…
The great fire of Liverpool Road
…Grape Street between the Museum and St John’s). The evacuation of the noisy animals caught the attention of local press. The Manchester Courier reported the following day: Roof after roof,…
STEM Ambassadors look to the future
…toxic to animals). Nicola Edwards CARDIOVASCULAR SCIENTIST BASED AT MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY What’s your job like? Our world is facing a problem of overpopulation, limited resources and inequality. Biomedical research…
International Women’s Day: Women in STEM
…is working with animals, in this case, mosquitoes, because we need to plan and adjust our experiments very carefully according to their life cycle. Why should more women and girls…
Top Secret: Alan Turing’s pioneering work
…Using the computer, he investigated processes including pattern formation in animals and the development of embryos. He became fascinated by mathematical patterns in nature and developed a theory that the…
What are ‘biomaterials’?
…Mountains of Oregon. It has mycelium spreading 2.4 miles wide. Fungi, as with plants and animals, have their own kingdoms and are vital to all life on earth. Fungus is…