Science - Helen Callaghan

The Black Squirrels of Girton

Helen Callaghan — Wed, 22 Oct 2014 09:00:00 +0000

On Saturday I went out on my first ever solo geocaching expedition. Someone recently showed me how it was done, and I was quite enchanted with the whole idea of it. There’s a marriage of

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Meerkats at Banham Zoo

Helen Callaghan — Mon, 11 Aug 2014 09:00:08 +0000

Visited Banham Zoo recently and took this footage of meerkats mucking around at Banham Zoo (click on the picture to view): They are, admittedly, not wearing smoking jackets or talking adorable broken Russian, but

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Review: What a Wonderful World: One Man’s Attempt to Explain the Big Stuff

Helen Callaghan — Wed, 19 Mar 2014 11:07:09 +0000

The thing about What a Wonderful World by Marcus Chown is that it is like a fruitcake – very rich, very dense, and full of tasty little nuggets. For instance, did you know that the invention

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Marcus Chown and the Return of the Q&A!

Helen Callaghan — Fri, 11 Oct 2013 04:15:59 +0000

So I’m delighted to announce that Marcus Chown, science writer and all round good guy, is back on The Book of Lost Nights to answer my thorny and possibly inane science questions as part

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Some exciting news

Helen Callaghan — Fri, 13 Sep 2013 09:47:37 +0000

I’m delighted to say that we’ve got Marcus Chown coming back to The Book of Lost Nights. The science writer and broadcaster will talk about his new book What a Wonderful World. I’ll be posting an extract and

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