What’s Eating You? Brain Parasites That’ll Make Your Skin Crawl
What’s eating you? Disclaimer: If you’re feeling squeamish or don’t like gross science, this article might not be for you. If so, why not read another one of our blog posts or download one of our Awesome Activity Sheets instead by following this link. Picture this: you’re floating peacefully in a hot spring. Warm water […]
Brain Box: Brilliant Women and Their Mind-Bending Brainteasers
Brain Box: Brilliant Women and Their Mind-Bending Brainteasers At the end of last year, Dr. Apostolos Georgopoulos, the director of the Brain Science Centre at Minneapolis VA Medical Centre in the USA, reported that research he had carried out found that in many different tasks, women processed information about five times faster than men. Furthermore, […]
Your Musical Brain: Nature, Nurture, and Noise
Your Musical Brain: Nature, Nurture, and Noise ‘If music be the food of love, play on.’ Do you know who said that? William Shakespeare. Of course. And do you know who couldn’t play a musical instrument to save his life? William Shakespeare. So what was he on about then? It doesn’t matter if you’re eight […]
Different brains: all about neurodiversity
Different Brains: All About Neurodiversity The amazing thing about brains is that they’re all different. Like fingerprints, no two brains are the same. But what exactly is neurodiversity? And is there such a thing as a ‘normal’ brain? Here we take a look at how different brains affect us differently – and some of the […]
The Science of Memory: How the Brain Remembers
Cells, Synapses, and the Science of Memory: How the Brain Remembers Where in our brains are memories stored, and in what form? How are memories created? Why can I remember some events from years ago, but hardly anything from this morning? These are all questions about ‘the biological basis of memory’: about how the biology […]
Ancient Greece – Timeline
Timeline of ancient greece Neolithic (New Stone Age) c.7000 BCE Early settlers begin farming in Greece. 3200-2300 BCE Cycladic culture on the Aegean islands (east of mainland Greece). Stone figurines and vases – many of such precise dimensions it’s likely their design involved the use of a compass. 3000-1000 BCE Greek Bronze Age 3000-2000 BCE Early Bronze Age Metal […]
Ancient Greek – Maps and Maths
Awesome Ancient Greeks The Ancient Greeks were among the first people to use maths to make, quite literally, astronomical sums. Solar eclipses, the size of the Earth, even the distance to the Sun were all worked out over 2,000 years ago, well before the invention of the computer. The maths used was geometry and, with […]
Ancient Greece – The Olympians
The Olympians 1. Name: Zeus Job title: Chief of the Olympian gods. Shenanigans: Came to power by overthrowing his dad, Cronus, and forcing him to sick up all his siblings (best not to ask). After the battle that followed, Zeus shared the world with his brothers, Poseidon and Hades. He gave all the other Olympian deities […]
Shark Facts with AQUILA Magazine
5 Fun facts about sharks! FUN FACT NO. 1 Did you know there are over 1000 species of elasmobranchs – that’s sharks, skates and rays to their friends. Found all over the world from the depths of the oceans to golf courses! Yes, really! In the 1990s, floods in Queensland, Australia swept a group of bull sharks […]
Victorian Street Food
Victorian Street Food Imagine walking through your local fair or market. The smells from all the food stalls are making you hungry. What would you choose? Pancakes with chocolate spread; fluffy, sugary donuts; or something salty and savoury like burgers or hotdogs? Perhaps a tray of hot chilli, or aromatic curry and rice? For many […]