Rocks. Science. Life.

I love the Jurassic Coast. I went to Lyme regis as a child (evidently due to the photos) although I don't remember much of it. My parents, however, like to claim this is where my love for rocks and fossils began. I remember a specific story book my mum would read to me and my sister before bed about Mary Anning and her dog fossil hunting along he cliffs in Lyme egis, so have always had fond thoughts of the place. Since studying geology, I've done a whole uni field course in D

Book Cover Recently, I've made it an aim to try and get through the majority of the unread books that are sitting untouched on my bookshelf. This has been quite fun and I've ended up reading a whole bunch of different genres from non-fiction science related things (like the one I'm about to discus) to spirituality guides (not my fav tbh), murder mysteries (much more fun), and some 2020 BookTok classics (shout out to ACOTAR). Since this is a science-related blog I'll save you

The discovery of Auroralumina qttenboroughii first came to my attention when I was driving home one evening listening to the BBC Inside Science Podcast. Two things about this story caught my attention: 1) it was a really, really old fossil named after Sir David Attenborough who I, alongside much of the British Public, am somewhat of a super fan of, and 2) the paper was written by, and being discussed on the podcast by, Dr Frankie Dunn, from Oxford University, who just so happ