New Chemicalguy!
OK well I’m now back. I’m going to be working the way through the A-levels with you, giving you free help and support and advice. If you’re doing biology try my bio blog at www.howscienceworks.wordpress.com.
I’m also writing new text books that I’ve advertised here! If you find you need materials that are not available, tell me here and I’ll fo my best to include the material in my new books.
See you around!
Latest books from me available at amazon or CT Publications
Starting your AS level in Chemistry or biology? The maths parts of the specs from AQA, OCR, Edexcel and WJEC ALL demand a good knoweldge of maths principles. These books cover everything you need and have tons of worked examples and exam questions from the four boards.
Hop along to www.writingthesynopticessay.co.uk for tons of help on the essay preparation and some free essays!
Visit my A-level biology blog here … www.howscienceworks.wordpress.com
Weird ‘n wonderful from New Scientist- Zoologger: Itsy bitsy teeny weeny chameleons February 15, 2012They've got independently rotating eyes, a curiously curly tail, and strangely depressing names. Meet some of the world's tiniest – and cutest – chameleons
- Zoologger: Don't bite - how the zebra got its stripes February 9, 2012An enigma that puzzled Darwin may have been solved – experiments suggest that zebras have stripes to fend off biting insects
- Zoologger: The only males with more brain than females February 2, 2012In one Icelandic lake, male three-spined sticklebacks have much larger brains than females – no other species shows such a big difference between the sexes
- Zoologger: How a blurry-eyed spider pounces on target January 26, 2012The Adanson's house jumper is the first animal found using out-of-focus vision to judge the distance to its victims
- Zoologger: Gecko's amputated tail has life of its own January 19, 2012Faced with a predator, the leopard gecko can jettison its tail – we explain how it keeps moving without a body
- Zoologger: Unique life form is half plant, half animal January 13, 2012A newly discovered single-celled organism isn't an animal, isn't a plant, and isn't even a neat hybrid of the two
- Zoologger: Transgender fish perform reverse sex flip January 6, 2012Boys will be boys… or girls, if it's convenient. From female to male and back again, gender bending means dwarf hawkfish can find a mate in any situation
- 2011 review: The year in Zoologger's extreme beasts December 22, 2011Zoologger is our weekly column highlighting extraordinary animals – and occasionally other organisms – from around the world. Here's our top 10
- Zoologger: My brain's so big it spills into my legs December 14, 2011Little spiders have a big problem – their brains are so big they have literally spilled out of their body cavities and into their legs
- Zoologger: To kill a mockingbird? No, parasitise it December 7, 2011Cowbirds lay their eggs in other birds' nests and often kill their young, so why do mockingbirds let them get away with it?
- Zoologger: Chill out with the world's coldest insect December 1, 2011While cold-shy mammals flee north, the larvae of the Antarctic midge stick it out through the depths of the polar winter
- Zoologger: 'Werewolf birds' hook up by the full moon November 25, 2011Barau's petrel is one of a handful of tropical birds that navigates using the full moon as a kind of Bat-Signal to guide them to their love nests
- Zoologger: Cannibal shrimp shows its romantic side November 17, 2011These small shrimps are no wimps: cannibalistic and willing to fight till death do them part – but only after dark
- Zoologger: The only cross-dressing bird of prey November 9, 2011Some male marsh harriers spend their adult lives mimicking females, apparently to avoid being attacked by other males
- Zoologger: The biggest spider web in the world November 3, 2011A spider less than 2 centimetres long builds webs that span rivers
- Zoologger: Slime killer hagfish feasts in rotten flesh October 27, 2011Despite not having any jaws, hagfish hunt fish, deter predators with slime, and eat rotting corpses from the inside out
- Zoologger: Female monkeys indulge in synchronised sex October 20, 2011In a bid to mate with as many males as possible, female Assamese macaques coordinate when they're willing to have sex
- Zoologger: The toad that's part clone, part love child October 13, 2011Is it a clone, or the result of an amphibian liaison? The Batura toad is both at once
- Zoologger: The first reptile with a true placenta October 6, 2011One African lizard has embryos that implant themselves into the wall of its womb – just as they do in mammals
- Zoologger: The fearsome jaws of a mini movie monster September 28, 2011As if sliding helplessly into a pit weren't bad enough, there's no hope of escaping the jaws of the monster at the bottom
- Zoologger: Itsy bitsy teeny weeny chameleons February 15, 2012
- News from SciAm
- New Family of Limbless Amphibians Discovered in IndiaFrom Nature magazine. [More]
- Dual Interpretations: Milky Way's Outer Fringe of Stars Sparks DisagreementIt's well known that the Milky Way is a spiral galaxy, a swirl of stars in an extended, many-armed disk . But the structure of the galaxy is far from two-dimensional. Above and below those familiar spiral arms is a lesser-known feature, a spherical swarm of stars that makes up a halo around the disk. [More]
- Fossilized, 'Pompeii' Forest Discovered Under AshAbout 300 million years ago, volcanic ash buried a tropical forest located in what is now Inner Mongolia, much like it did the ancient Roman city of Pompeii. [More]
- Alex the Parrot's Posthumous Paper Shows His Mathematical GeniusFrom Nature magazine [More]
- Co-opulation: Sometimes It Takes More Than 2 to Tango [Slide Show]Dawn Higginson thought it was strange when she learned that some diving beetles produce sperm that fuse together at the head like Siamese twins. But when the postdoctoral researcher from the University of Arizona began asking why such conjugate gametes form, things only got even stranger. The sperm of the diving beetle, which gets its name from its ability t […]
- Squid Can Fly to Save EnergySquid can save energy by flying rather than swimming, according to calculations based on high-speed photography. [More]
- Autism Signs Appear in Brains of 6-Month-Old InfantsThe early signs of autism are visible in the brains of 6-month-old infants, a new study finds, suggesting that future treatments could be given at this time, to lessen the impact of the disorder on children. [More]
- California Seismologist Testifies against Scientists in Italy Quake Manslaughter Trial
- Microchip Implant Gives Medication On CommandFor people who face frequent needle jabs to treat chronic conditions, a new technology is on the horizon that might make treatment a lot less painful. [More]
- How the First Plant Came to BeEarth is the planet of the plants--and it all can be traced back to one green cell. The world's lush profusion of photosynthesizers--from towering redwoods to ubiquitous diatoms--owe their existence to a tiny alga eons ago that swallowed a cyanobacteria and turned it into an internal solar power plant. [More]
- New Family of Limbless Amphibians Discovered in India
