How often in the summer have you looked up into the cloudless, clear sky and thought to yourself: ‘why is it blue Why not red or yellow ’ The answer to this question may in fact be never, however if you’re interested in learning more about how exactly light and the atmosphere interact then this artic...

If ever in a conversation the topic of radiation comes up your initial thoughts may be of mutants with three arms or nuclear weapons. However there is much more to radiation and radioactivity than this and this article’s aim is to act as a quick and simple guide. What is Radiation In simple terms ‘radiat...

Chances are you’ve probably heard of the Big Bang Theory at some point in time. Whether it was from GCSE Science or the sitcom on channel 4 the phrase is certainly thrown about a lot. Yet do you really know what the Big Bang Theory actually represents Explaining the Big Bang Theory The central premise of the B...

It’s something I’m sure we’ve all done on several occasions. Staring up into the sky and wondering ‘how the hell do birds actually fly ’ They always look so awkward and heavy on the ground yet, when in the air, they soar gracefully – seemingly defying gravity. The Basics For a bir...

Whenever anybody brings up Albert Einstein one of the first things which is usually mentioned is his well known equation of E=MC2. In fact this equation is probably the most well known in the world, but what does it actually mean Energy and Mass First things first, what do the ‘E’ and ‘M’ in ...

Humans are 18% carbon an element which in its most concentrated form becomes those precious gems. Diamonds form in the molten rock of the Earth s mantle, about 160 kilometres below the surface of

They are menacing features of deep space, monstrous devourers of everything around them. They are black holes. Black holes are regions in space that are impossible to see because the gravity within