The QT

Saturday 18 May 2024
18/05/2024

Science

Buzzing for the summer ahead

It sounds like the best job in the insect world. It’s the chocolate mining bee, and is one of 72 bee species which have been recorded in the North East during a major citizen science project. A total of 721 volunteer recorders have reported more than 22,000 sightings of bees, ladybirds and orchids across the …

Growing buildings of the future

It’s the sort of window shopping experience that might have appealed to HG Wells or John Wyndham – a swathe of black sheeting visible behind posters teasing: “Imagine if we could grow buildings.” But this at 55 Westgate Road, the historic Newcastle building known as Assembly House – conventionally constructed from brick and stone in …

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