Summer time is now finally here – much to the relief of millions of sun-seekers! Birds are singing and bees are flying… and so are wasps. Although wasps may have a nasty reputation as habitual picnic wreckers, they play a crucial role in pollinating our crops and protecting them from pests. At least you can clearly identify a wasp, thanks to their signature...

Summer time is now finally here – much to the relief of millions of sun-seekers! Birds are singing and bees are flying… and so are wasps. Although wasps may have a nasty reputation as habitual picnic wreckers, they play a crucial role in pollinating our crops and protecting them from pests. At least you can clearly identify a wasp, thanks to their signature...

Those of you with kids may remember (or are currently) trying to teach your little ones how to count. Let’s think about the objects that we most often use as visual aids in learning about numbers – our fingers. Most of us have ten fingers (and ten toes too). How do we end up with ten of them? Wouldn’t more fingers be useful in learning to play the...