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What’s on (14 – 20 July 2012)
13/07/2012 - 16:33
Submitted by James Lloyd

Fancy watching (or listening to) something new? Here’s our pick of the week’s science on TV and radio…

Sun 15 July

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Pluto's new moon
12/07/2012 - 12:49
Submitted by James Lloyd

Another moon has been discovered orbiting the dwarf planet Pluto. This is the planet's fifth known satellite, and it was spotted by astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope.

Visible...

What’s on (7 – 13 July 2012)
05/07/2012 - 12:28
Submitted by James Lloyd

Fancy watching (or listening to) something new? Here’s our pick of the week’s science on TV and radio…

Sun 8 July

Secrets of Our Living Planet
BBC2...

Cross-dressing cuttlefish
04/07/2012 - 17:00
Submitted by James Lloyd

How do you woo a member of the opposite sex whilst simultaneously confusing potential rivals? Male cuttlefish have come up with an interesting solution: cross-dress on one side of your body. For...

What the Higgs?
04/07/2012 - 13:21
Submitted by James Lloyd

Wondering what all this Higgs boson fuss is about? Here’s our guide to CERN's historic announcement...

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What's on (30 June - 6 July 2012)
29/06/2012 - 12:31
Submitted by James Lloyd

Here's our pick of the week’s science on TV and radio…

Sun 1 July

Secrets of Our Living Planet
BBC2, 7.00-8:00pm

In episode 3 of this...

Gangland ecology
28/06/2012 - 17:10
Submitted by James Lloyd

One of the biggest difficulties in combatting gang violence is figuring out just how all the different gangs interact. Where does one gang’s territory end and the next one’s begin?...

Planetrise: an odd pair of planets
21/06/2012 - 18:45
Submitted by James Lloyd

Those who have witnessed the Moon rising above the horizon will know that it’s one of the most dramatic events in the night sky. A moonrise, however, would have nothing on a ‘...

Environmental magazine goes on tour
21/06/2012 - 17:43
Submitted by James Lloyd

An environmental magazine created by Year 9 students, aged 13-14 years old, has gone on tour in museums and science centres around the UK.

As part of a three-year...

Review: Cheltenham Science Festival
21/06/2012 - 10:50
Submitted by James Lloyd

Last week, the Focus team made the short trip from Bristol to Cheltenham for the annual science festival – 6 days of enlightening events and science-related shenanigans....

Meet the micro-giraffe
08/06/2012 - 16:47
Submitted by James Lloyd

Peering through a microscope for hours on end can do funny things to a scientist’s mind – just ask Shaahin Amini, a PhD student at the Bourns College of Engineering in California....

Flipping cockroaches
07/06/2012 - 13:21
Submitted by James Lloyd

Cockroaches are sneaky little creatures. If you stumbled across a cupboard full of them (God forbid), they’d skitter away from the light, disappearing down cracks and out of sight before you...