Kerry

md65536 is essentially right, but there's also a really good explanation on Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brinicle

We've recently published a theory from Brian J Ford on spontaneous human combustion. He thinks its down to ketosis and being diabetic: http://www.labnews.co.uk/features/solving-the-mystery-of-human-spontaneous-combustion/

There's a good Wikipedia page on Restless leg - no mention of sugar though... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restless_leg_syndrome

I'm working my way through The Periodic Table Its Story and Its Significance (http://laboratorynews.wordpress.com/2011/09/06/the-periodic-table-its-story-and-its-significance-by-eric-r-scerri/) and very much enjoying it

There are a few examples of what Diamond is used for here: http://www.labnews.co.uk/feature_archive.php/6018/5/diamond-discoveries I got the spend the day there last year and it's amazing! They also have lots of videos here http://www.youtube.com/labnews#p/c/476F98739A7FC3AB (hope that works). BackStage Science's video is also worth a watch:

Toaster it is then! Thanks

That sounds like a really fun experiment - I might try it with my niece and nephew. I think they'll be a bit young to understand the science but it'll certainly amaze them - no harm in getting them hooked early!

Sounds like a great project - I wish we had more interesting projects like this when I was at school. Let us know what you choose and how it turns out.

There's more about tsunamis here - including the Christmas Tsunami Hope that helps

I was more after anything that was goingto be shown in the next few months - I've tried looking at the BBC website but they're not very forthcoming with information!

Does anyone know of any good science TV programs coming up in the next couple of months?

The BBC are asking people to complete a survey on their science coverage - radio, TV and online apparently Only open until the 27th Sept if anyone is interested Story here: http://www.soci.org/News/SCI-BBC-survey with link to survey at the end.

I'm currently writing a piece on Marie Curie - she's very inspirational.She had to cope with personal heartbreak on several occasions and faced much trouble in her professional career simply for being a woman. Another truely inspiriational scientist is Rosalind Franklin - she provided the data for Watson & Crick to go public with their structure of DNA and didn't seem to complain! Again she faced opposition in her professional career, often being ridiculed and belittled, and who knows what else she might of discovered if she hadn't died at such a young age.

http://www.labnews.co.uk/news_archive.php/5061/5/moving-forward-with-metamaterials Not so much about exactly 'how' but might point towards some uses

Interesting piece here on how the dopamine systems in schizophrenics and highly creative people are similar: http://www.labnews.co.uk/laboratory_article.php/5468/2/2/thinking-outside-the-box Maybe we could all develop the disease if under the right conditions.

Here's the original release from The Royal Society: http://royalsociety.org/Newtons-famous-apple-tree-to-experience-zero-gravity/ and it's also here: http://www.labnews.co.uk/laboratory_article.php/5456/2/2/zero-gravity-for-newton%E2%80%99s-tree How ironic. Wonder what Newton would have made of it?

Laboratory News (http://www.labnews.co.uk) has an article on volcanoes in the April issue. Its party of the Extreme Earth series - it'll be online shortly (end of next week I reckon). Wikipedia is fab for this though - and tornadoes, earthquakes, tsunamis etc etc - I use it a lot in the course of my writing.

We've just run a feature on this which I found quite interesting. Who'd have thought Churchill was an advocate of eugenics http://www.labnews.co.uk/laboratory_article.php/5312/5/are-we-already-creating-a-super-race?- I think skyhook is right when he talks about the upper and lower classes. As the quote from Churchill in the piece says:

I meant to include a link to the original press releases - there's a bit more info at the end on what each job would entail http://fastfuture.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/FastFuture_Shapeofjobstocome_PR_V11.pdf Be interested to know of any past research which suggests other jobs of the future eg what they thought we'd be doing in 2010. (PS I am not a spammer )

Did anyone see the recent BIS study on potential jobs today's school kids could have in 20 years time? http://www.labnews.co.uk/laboratory_article.php/5211/2/2/science-jobs-of-the-future Some of them sound pretty interesting - avatar, memory augmentation surgeon, weather modification police I think I'd give the vertical farming a go - I know the BBC reported recently on a vertical farming trial at a British zoo (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8503498.stm) and it looks quite interesting. What would you choose?

CharonY is right - gecko's have lots of tiny little hairs on the bottom of their feet and "stick" to the wall via van der Waals attraction

Yes, basically the drugs are attached to nano-sized vehicles, in this case a polypeptide. Because it's so small (50nm) it can easily pass into the tumour and accumulate, which incidentally means you can shrink the tumour with fewer treatments. They've tested it on mice and it seems to work well:

http://www.labnews.co.uk/laboratory_article.php/5065/5/2/taking-on-the-beeb- Amazing how he was able to get perfect results, but the BBC's 'best brains' weren't able to get anything close to it

http://www.labnews.co.uk/laboratory_article.php/5059/2/nano-scale-drug-delivery-for-chemotherapy-drugs

Who'd have thought this creature could inspire the future of CD and DVD players (fabulous picture too) http://www.labnews.co.uk/laboratory_article.php/4991/2/2/super-shrimp-eye-inspires-cd-player-of-future