Stories by Andrew Jonathan Balmer

Andrew Balmer is the founder of Lu:Sci science magazine and a freelance journalist. He also runs the science blog Quackscience. Originally from the U.K., he now spends most of his time in Germany, reading and writing about science. Follow Andrew Jonathan Balmer on Twitter @quackscience

Why we don’t need pandas.

Now I know what you are thinking. Don’t need Pandas!? How dare he! On some days I might even be inclined to agree with you. Even now as I write this I feel I am getting some pretty judgmental looks from the stuffed panda toy at the other side of the room...

September 10, 2013 — Andrew Jonathan Balmer

Jurassic Park and the race for ancient DNA

We are in the small town of Clarkia, Idaho. It’s an ordinary middle-class town by anyone’s standards. I say a ‘town’… just 97 people live here, so as you can imagine the nightlife is usually a little wanting, but other than that it’s pretty normal...

August 1, 2013 — Andrew Jonathan Balmer