Archive - Mixture

It's too hot to think, but here is some science

The heat really does hit differently in the UK, but I struggled through it to bring you a newsletter

Jun 20 •

Zines about '90s science problems

Making zines like it's the '90s. But it's not the '90s, because we (mostly) sorted out the ozone hole, acid rain and Y2K bug now.

Jun 6 •

May 2025

Scientific peanut butter

How I got obsessed with standard reference peanut butter. Also, an update on those wolves that are not dire at all, and some cool links.

May 23 •

Music and science

A dancing sea lion and why I haven’t written a book about music and science

May 9 •

April 2025

New colours, brains making music, and more

Interesting and intriguing science links

Apr 25 •

How to make a dire wolf

Or at least, how to understand how scientists make something sort of like a dire wolf

Apr 11 •

March 2025

My book turned one!

It's exactly one year since the launch of Hey There's Science In This. To celebrate, you get to read one chapter for free in today's Mixture.

Mar 28 •

AI does not understand anything

AI is a tool and scientists are doing some amazing things with it, but it doesn’t know anything on its own. It is important to me that you know this so…

Mar 14 •

February 2025

My least favourite thing about freelance science writing

And interesting links, books, and more.

Feb 28 •

Mr Darwin, you make me blush

A revival of a very old blog post, just for Valentine's Day!

Feb 14 •

January 2025

Geology of the channel tunnel

The Channel Tunnel carefully follows a chalk layer and avoids ancient waterfall plunge pools. Thousands of years ago, there was a land bridge, but now…

Jan 31 •

The Broad Street pump and other science things

A whole new year for science links and other things

Jan 17 •

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