Nosing (or smelling) whisky is a very important part of the distilling industry. Nosing takes place when the new make spirit is produced, as the whisky matures and as the final product is prepared. Inside a maturing barrel where...
Category - Making and Doing
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 science teaching. Behind me were a stone igloo and a steel tower. Suddenly there was a grinding noise and an array of meteorological...
The Museum of Communication in Burntisland
The Museum of Communication of Burntisland in Fife collaborates with Orkney Wireless Museum in putting on presentations in the annual Orkney International Science Festival. The theme for the two museums this year was the life and...
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...