Exciting new physiology tutorial to start your new year!

New  exciting physiology Tutorial! Happy New year to all! It has  taken me so long to write this blog it now  includes Chinese New year,  so Happy New Year of the Tiger. Despite the pandemic, 2021 was a pretty busy year. You know- homeschooling, looking after students who had to work 100% online during the …

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Colour, chemistry and crustaceans

This whole blog actually started because of the colour of some shrimps I was cooking. Crustacean muscle is grey in colour- but when you cook it, it turns pink. So I sat in my kitchen pondering this, then did a bit of digging.

Big tick energy: how a tiny flea created a revolution in British art | Art and design | The Guardian

In 1664, scientist Robert Hooke drew a flea and created the first great work of British art. Without it, perhaps, there would be no Stubbs, Constable and Hirst — Read on http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/apr/22/big-tick-energy-how-a-humble-flea-kickstarted-british-art this article highlights how there was no divide between science and art. This sort of thinking revolutionised both science and art alike.