by The Left-Handed Lemon | Jan 14, 2022 | Science
On Christmas Day 2021, the James Webb Space Telescope was launched from Europe’s Spaceport, in French Guiana, aboard an Ariane 5 rocket, and has been gradually deployed: 25th December – launch & unfolding of solar array making communications possible...
by The Left-Handed Lemon | Jan 7, 2022 | Science
The fossil of one of the largest ever invertebrates to have lived has been found, by accident, on a beach in Northumberland. The fossil is of a giant millipede, an arthropod, of the genus Arthropleura. Arthropods are invertebrates with jointed legs and a hard...
by The Left-Handed Lemon | Dec 31, 2021 | Science
As 2021 draws to a close, here at The Left-Handed Lemon, we decided it would be a good idea to look back over the past 365 days and see what has happened in the world of Science during a year that has seen most adults not only receiving their initial 2 doses of the...
by The Left-Handed Lemon | Dec 25, 2021 | Science
Today, 25th December marks the anniversary of a famous birth. No, not the baby Jesus. There is no evidence that he was born in December – the Christian faith conveniently hijacked various Pagan festivals held around this time of year. The famous birth we are...
by The Left-Handed Lemon | Dec 24, 2021 | Science
According to the Christmas story in the Bible, the 3 wise men followed a star to find the baby Jesus in a stable in Bethlehem. Over the last 2000 years, thee have been all sorts of suggestions as to what it was that they followed and now astronomers think they are...
by The Left-Handed Lemon | Dec 23, 2021 | Science
In approximately 24 hours, Santa will take off from the North Pole and begin delivering presents, all round the world. Assuming he only visits the nice children, not the naughty ones, across the whole world, he has approximately 34 hours (added bonus of the different...
