Science – Page 2 – Amy Laurens | Award-winning Fantasy Author

Whoa No Way, Books Are Good For Kids!

Whoa, I’m, like, so shocked: new study ‘reveals’ that growing up with a large* home library results in significantly improved literacy, numeracy, and digital communication skills! 😱😱 No way!! 📚📚📚 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/…/growing-surrounded-books…/… * “Average” = 80 books in the house, large = ‘more than that’, with numbers over 350 not having any further discernible impact. (Curious: […]

Whoa No Way, Books Are Good For Kids! Read More »

CONSPIRACY THEORY OCEAN ANIMALS

5 Mythical Creatures That Might Actually Exist

Leave a Comment / #amused, Science / Amy

I thought this video was only 5 mins, and by the time I realised it was 10 I was totally committed. 😀 I dunno. I’m kind of sold on the kraken, something in Loch Ness, and some sort of dragony-something (even if the myth comes from dinosaur bones). Not sold on the chupacabra, and mermaids?

5 Mythical Creatures That Might Actually Exist Read More »

RL Megalodons?

Leave a Comment / #amused, Science / Amy

Look, I’m sceptical–none of these videos are particularly convincing proof–but hey, it’s entertaining to speculate, right? What else are Fridays for, if not tenuously plausible hope-filled speculation of Things That Maybe Are? 🙂 🙂 What bizarre things have you found around the web this week? 🙂 Read more:Brain Hacks for Productivity, How to Figure Out

RL Megalodons? Read More »

From The Ground Up…date (ha!)

Leave a Comment / Announcement-Admin, Books Glorious Books, Science / Amy

Yo, #FGU! Yep, it’s true: I finally, actually, mostly, probably, truly have tentative release dates for my epic worldbuilding book, From The Ground Up! WOW has this been a long haul. If you know the story, skip the next paragraph, but in case you don’t……. I wrote the proposal for FGU waaaaaay back in 2012

From The Ground Up…date (ha!) Read More »

BABY SEA OTTERS FLOAT

Leave a Comment / All Things Small Person, Science / Amy

So, one of the kids said something about, I don’t know, whales or something the other day. Maybe there were manta rays on Octonauts, actually, and I pulled up a video on YouTube. I think that’s how this story starts. And then, in the murky middle, there was a click spree, where the kids were

BABY SEA OTTERS FLOAT Read More »

Link-a-bet Soup: Metal Mirrors, Glowing Birds, and How To Be Cool

Leave a Comment / Science, Truly Madly Deeply / Amy

I think we have conclusively established that I am not great at blogging when I’m on school holidays 😀 Anyway, here we are, back in the saddle. For your viewing pleasure today, a collection of intriguing links from around the web. Everything we know about birds that glow! – YOU GUYS, BIRDS FLUORESCE! BIRDS GLOW

Link-a-bet Soup: Metal Mirrors, Glowing Birds, and How To Be Cool Read More »

10 Plants That Probably Won’t Eat You But Are Still Ridiculously Cool

From The Ground Up News, and A Plea For Scientific Assistance! <3

Leave a Comment / Books Glorious Books, Science / Amy

A few of you have been asking lately about what the deal is with my non-fiction book, From The Ground Up, which looks at the relationship between geography, climate and culture. Well. I have News, which I am now able to share. The short version is that I have amicably parted ways with my publisher,

From The Ground Up News, and A Plea For Scientific Assistance! <3 Read More »