Mark Cantrell's Blog, page 6

Forever Mercy: Black market arms dealer, Karel Ludek offers a friendly warning over tea and biscuits

In a cafe in downtown Bradford, we hear a friendly warning about the Bone Diva: "She'll feed you to the crows."

Technology: Photosynthetic algae might one day provide juice to run our phones

Living batteries that generate electricity through photosynthesis might one day power gadgets.

Science: Early lifeforms didn’t need plants to make oxygen, they got it on the rocks

Geological processes in early Earth's crust may have generated first oxygen, helping kickstart life as we know it.

Books: BookTok videodrome gets Gen-Z reading, where does that leave less mediagenic?

Welcome to Videodrome. Death is listening, and will take the first book that screams...

Health: Sleeping with dementia is no easy bedfellow

We all need our sleep, but with dementia around it soon becomes an estranged bedfellow.

Reading: National Literacy Trust launches Scotland’s first scheme to hook kids on books

Local partners team up in decade-long campaign to change the life stories of kids in Dundee.

Art: Disadvantaged Bristol families raise their voice with collaborative arts project

By helping local families speak up about challenges they face, community arts project highlights how their expertise can help tackle disadvantage.

Literature: Manchester author chosen as Estonia’s resident Capital of Culture writer

Hartley to collaborate with Estonian artist to present joint work celebrating Tartu's year as European Capital of Culture in 2024.

Technology: Scientists create smart display ‘screen’ out of flexible woven fabric

Woven display system brings a whole new meaning to the concept of wearable digital technology.

Nature: Woodland life is weird, wonderful and sometimes downright disgusting

Woodland Trust highlights threat to forest eco-system diversity with a 'Top-10' creature feature.