Blogs

23/03/09 - 29/03/09

24 March - Science fact

It's Ada Lovelace Day, encouraging women and girls to get into science and technology. Hannah and Aisha enjoyed science at school. It helped to have inspiring teachers. They never felt that it was a boys' subject. That would have made them want to do science even more!

25 March - Open airways

Help for young asthmatics has arrived in a strange new form: salt caves. I'd like to go. It looks like the inside of an igloo! If it helps people breathe easier I'm all for it.

25 March - Deep impact

As Dan said, it would be great to see an asteroid as long as it's not falling towards you! Fortunately this bit of space stuff landed in the middle of the desert - not in my garden.

26 March - Gold standard

I had a nice bike ride last week, but I didn't go as fast as these speedy Brits. Britain's Jenson Button is in pole position for the Australian Grand Prix on Saturday too. We can be sure of a British winner in one race: the famous Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race is on Sunday!

27 March - Rising tides

I've been enjoying the spring-like weather, but warmer temperatures cause melting and flooding - like in Indonesia (map). This can happen in rich as well as poor countries. Parts of Dakota in the US are being evacuated as I type.