April 25, 2012
General
For my international readers, today is ANZAC Day, one of the most important Australian public holidays. It commemorates the landing of the soldiers of the Australia and New Zealand Army Corps in Gallipoli on the 25th of April 1915. The photo above is of the dawn service at Kings Park in Perth, something I went [...]
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April 24, 2012
Energy and Change
Electricity isn’t just that thing that makes your computer and lights work. It’s all around and inside us as well. Where did the word ‘electric’ come from? How do lightning bolts work? Why do we need transformers? How does your body use electricity? How do the critters up the top use electricity? Answers here.
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