Sir Paul Nurse called for the Dunkirk approach for the coronavirus. Many small craft in the water can help the fewer large ones with their work, he said, referring to laboratories for COVID-19 testing. It’s turning out true for...
Category - Making and Doing
Old furniture transformed
Tables, chairs, sideboards, chests of drawers – all of them off to the dump and buried in landfill when we redecorate the house. Not so, says the owner of one creative Moray business: old furniture can have a new life. Deb Wright...
The stars from my back door
When Eric Walker asked his wife for a telescope for his birthday back in 2004 he got just a little more than he bargained for. Instead of the small portable item he had envisioned – something he could stick in his backpack when...
Planes and a planetarium to see in Moray
A northern aircraft and astronomy centre is opening again for Easter. One of the attractions of...
Nosing whisky: the science of smelling it
Nosing (or smelling) whisky is a very important part of the distilling industry. Nosing takes place...
Wand in the wind: the evolution of an invention
I was standing at the summit of Cairngorm thinking about what I would do when I retired from...
The Museum of Communication in Burntisland
The Museum of Communication of Burntisland in Fife collaborates with Orkney Wireless Museum in...
Knitting plants – mathematically
Simple mathematical rules can be used to create the most unexpected shapes and patterns, and...
Panoramic photography
History Ever since early photography people have wanted a wider field of view and there was a...
Make it yourself – and join the revolution
Making things yourself is coming back. All the various developments in technology are providing us...