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A brand new newsletter is bringing back crazy chemistry, bonkers biology and foolish physics in the shape of The Weird Science Drop.
The newsletter goes where other, more-sensible publications fear to tread. Every week, it brings the overlooked, under-the-radar and, above all else, most madcap science news, views and research straight to your email.
From the keyboard of Daniel Smith, The Weird Science Drop keeps a close eye on the latest scientific discoveries and research while also unearthing the little-heard strange stories from the past.
Daniel is an experienced journalist who has worked for news websites on both sides of the Atlantic. Back in the furthest reaches of time somewhere near Watford he fancied himself as an astrophysicist but proved to be hopeless. So he put down the telescope and picked up a pen instead.
Daniel was once the author of the Weird Science Blog - one of the top blogs in this media group - and is delighted to get back in the saddle.
He said: 'It's been great to dust off the old white lab coat and bring Weird Science back but this time in a far better, more dynamic fashion with The Weird Science Drop.
'The newsletter will hunt out the choicest morsels of science goodness, where everything from the world 's unluckiest scientist who inadvertently tried to end the planet twice to research showing monkeys are the world's best yodellers is put under the microscope.
'I'll try to keep people informed, amazed and astounded, while hopefully provoking the old smile along the way.
'So why not subscribe?'
So what's in The Weird Science Drop?
Each newsletter will feature regular sections such as Weird Science News, Photo of the Week, Infographic Magic, plus a rotating platter of goodness including…
Weird Scientist - a look back at some of the oddest characters who ever picked up a test tube
Weird Science Hero - amazing people who have done amazing things
Weird Science in Films - sometimes they get it right, sometimes they throw the laws of reality out of the window
We're Alone / Not Alone - weighing up the odds of alien life out there in the cosmos
Weird Animals - there are some very strange creatures out there
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The Weird Science Drop will be published on Substack, an independent platform with no ads, making for a cleaner reading experience than on many other websites.
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