DocMartin Williams

Wildlife, conservation, photography, science

DocMartin Williams

Wildlife, conservation, photography, science

Science and Conservation Science and technology

My Strange n Surprising Summer Staycation with Cellulitis

rom quick pricking by unseen marine creature, to intense fever, and hospital stay for an infection deep within the skin.

The Viral Time Bomb – Pandemic of Our Time

Guan Yi, director of the State Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases at Hong Kong University, has extensive experience of viruses; yet after a brief visit to Wuhan in January, remarked “I’ve never felt scared. This time I’m scared.” [Written…

From China With Fear: the Wuhan Coronavirus Won’t Kill Us All

As news of Wuhan coronavirus emerges, evolutionary biology suggests potential for a pandemic, not killing high percentage of people.

Fightback Needed as Science and Life Support System Under Attack

Environmentalism is under assault; yet this planet is the only home we have; providing our food, air, water... It's our life support system.

Fusion Power and Human Failings

Several projects are underway in the quest to discover ways to harness fusion power, which is akin to a holy grail of nuclear physics.

Goodbye dinosaurs, Hello birds

Fossils found in Liaoning, China, offer a wealth of insight into the origins of birds, albeit without simplistic missing links.

So You Want to be a Cyborg?

Off-the shelf headsets and DIY implants can help get you started.

A Man for All Sequences Frederick Sanger

Frederick Sanger made pivotal contributions to studying the chemistry of life, primarily by finding how molecules are assembled.

Leaps of Logic and Faith versus Evolution Science

Darwinism has been questioned and tested wherever possible. becoming a pillar of modern science, but subject to non-scientific attacks.

Ebola’s inner rampage and praise for dirt plus optimum sex

Though “immune system” is a familiar term, there is still much to be learned about how our bodies defend against diseases.

Sleep Science plus insomniac fruit flies, angry women and brain-washing

Sleep science did not really begin till 1953, the same year the structure of DNA was discovered.

Blue light at last wins Nobel for LED titans

Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura received a Nobel Prize for seminal roles in the invention of blue light-emitting diodes.