Do bumble bees play?
It seems playtime isn’t just for children and animals. Lab-kept bumble bees apparently roll small wooden balls around for no purpose other than fun,
Month: October 2022
The Black Death is still affecting our immune systems
The Black Plague ripped through Europe, Africa and Asia 700 years ago and killed around 200 million people. Genes that were associated with a survival advantage are still present in us today – but appear to make us more susceptible to autoimmune diseases.
Inspired by an apprentice
Sometimes your best work comes from unexpected encounters. Mine happened at my hairdresser.
Ancient artists were probably children
Analysis of 20,000 year-old hand stencils in Spanish caves have found they were likely to be made by 3–10 year-olds.
Dogs can smell when you’re stressed
Dogs love to sniff and smell their environment and that includes us humans. To them, we smell different when we are stressed.