
Living on Air
Rather than relying on sunlight, some Antarctic bacteria live on inorganic compounds found in air.

Rather than relying on sunlight, some Antarctic bacteria live on inorganic compounds found in air.

Tardigrades (aka ‘water bears’), are eight-legged segmented micro-animals that grow up to 0.5mm long. Watch how they walk.

Excellent NASA concept visualisation of the evolution of our Moon.

COVID expedited the review and approval of the first RNA vaccine, something 30 years in the making. The era of RNA vaccines has arrived.

Octolab TV have several videos showing octopus behavior. This one of it getting food out of a bottle is a fav.


The science (and science fiction) behind the poisons used in James Bond movies.

In the first discovery of its kind, an insect stole a plant gene to elude its host’s defences. That’s one way to create a new pest-control strategy!
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