Particle physicist and science communicator Professor Glenn Patrick explores how science is all around us. To view more comment and opinion pieces, visit our Blogs section.
IT was recently reported that Dorset Council had not ruled out wind farms along our coastline. […]
WE have all watched the distressing scenes on television where albatrosses regurgitate plastic debris to feed their young chicks and dead dolphins are found entangled in plastic fishing gear. […]
THE recent reports about problems with the newly-installed glass balustrades on the seafront roof area above Marine Parade in Lyme Regis have caused some heated discussion. […]
AS a young boy I was fascinated by the adventure novels of Jules Verne, especially Journey to the Centre of the Earth. […]
LIKE many coastal towns, Lyme Regis was once home to a shipbuilding industry with shipyards flourishing around the Cobb. […]
OVER the last weekend of January, the 42nd Big Garden Birdwatch took place. This is an annual citizen science project organised by the RSPB when we are asked to record the birds visiting our gardens in one hour. […]
FOR those of us living in Lyme Regis, the ever-present sea provides a mesmerising backdrop as we observe its fluctuating rhythms, shifting light and changing moods. […]
BLUE Monday – the most depressing day of the year – supposedly falls on the third Monday of January. This claim made by a psychologist in 2004 is often quoted in newspapers, but does not appear to be based on any real science. […]
2021 is finally here and let us hope that it is an improvement on last year. One of the things that we can look forward to is the mass vaccination programme against COVID-19 – and hopefully this will ensure a gradual return to normality. […]
2020 has been a memorable year for all the wrong reasons, but it looks like the cosmos will ensure that it ends with an astronomical highlight on December 21! […]
ONE of the early industries believed to have put Lyme Regis on the map was the production of salt from the sea. […]
A RECENT newspaper headline caught my attention where it was reported that the world’s first complete dinosaur skeleton found on the Jurassic Coast had finally been studied in detail and a place found for it in the family tree of dinosaurs. […]
A WALK around Lyme Regis reveals some beautiful buildings forming the unique character of the town. One of the common features is the use of symmetry to make the design pleasing on the eye. […]
COMPUTER technology has been one of the saviours of 2020 making this annus horribilis more bearable for many of us. […]
WHAT comes into your mind when you think of Lyme Regis and the surrounding coast? Images with sand and pebbles probably feature quite prominently. […]
ONE of the benefits of living in Lyme Regis and much of Dorset is that we are in a part of the country where we can often appreciate the dark skies away from the bright lights of big towns and cities. […]
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