Have you ever had the sensation of forgetting something you’re absolutely sure you wouldn’t? Well I have and almost always I’d feel like my memory is getting sucked off to lala land. I came across this cool book that actually helps you remember stuff. You’ll learn cool tricks, experiments and great mind games. You could use this [...]

Psst! It’s true! There are bugs in your bed. Blood-sucking vampires, deadly dust-dwellers, toilet terrors and things that squish, squirm and slime. Did you have any idea you were sharing your house - and maybe your bed - with monsters? In this book by Heather Catchpole and Vanessa Woods you’ll meet a hideous creature that can [...]

I know I’ve got you thinking so I’ll prolong the suspense a bit. Well, if you like getting struck, flashed and sparked at then you might be interested in this job. A fulminologist is a scientist who studies… LIGHTNING! Fancy that! It is a fact that about 100 flashes of lightning hit the Earth EVERY [...]

Do you suffer from spheksophobia, arachnophobia or ophidiophobia? What should you do if you’re stung by a wasp and whose bite is more dangerous - Mr or Mrs Katipo’s? Learn the answers to all these perplexing questions and more by reading Poisonous Stuff. You need to watch your step in a world full of fangs, [...]

Even if the population of a certain species of animal is huge, it really only takes a few years before their numbers dive down to a dangerously low level. They will be protected and declared endangered and things will be done to get their numbers up again. You’d be surprised, but there’s a lot of species [...]

I have just finished reading this really neat book called Why eating bogeys is good for you…and other crazy facts explained. This book says that eating your bogeys is actually good for your health, yuck. I also found out why birds don’t get electrocuted when they perch on electricity wires and why women don’t have beards. There [...]

Did you know that if a spider could make a web where each silk strand was as thick as a pencil, its web could stop a Boeing 747 in mid flight? Spider silk is the strongest string-like protein produced by any insect on earth. Ounce for ounce, spider silk is stronger than nylon and stronger than [...]

Are you a girl? Do you like science? (It’s okay to admit that you do!) If you answered yes to these questions you should check out http://iwaswondering.com/. It’s a sciencey site with information about female scientists and cool games. You can make your own robot and test its reactions in the robot lab, and use an [...]

I found this fantastic new book in the library the other day. It’s called Inside you: How your body makes it through a very bad day by Richard Walker. Come and explore with Nanocam (a tiny camera, smaller than a full stop) as it travels through your body and watch how you react to events [...]

Have you ever wondered where inventors get their inspirations from? How they are able to think of various things to invent? Wonder no more! Nature has given inventors big clues on how to make their inventions work.

dandelion seed floating to the ground……parachute
birds and flying fish……..aeroplane
wasps building nests from chewed wood…..paper
rose thorns…..barbed wires
centipedes with joined sections……trains
beaver…….dam [...]