Frankie Macpherson

Intern Journalist, BBC Science Focus

Recent articles by Frankie Macpherson

Scientifically, could love count as an addiction? ©

Scientifically, could love count as an addiction?

Meet the scientist who defeated 'the world's worst bacteria' to save her husband’s life © Steffanie Strathdee

Meet the scientist who defeated ‘the world’s worst bacteria’ to save her husband’s life

How long does it take to fall in love © Getty Images

Scientifically, how long does it take to fall in love?

How to tell if you're in love, according to science © Getty Images

How to tell if you’re in love, according to science

This is your brain on love© Getty Images

This is your brain on love: the beautiful neuroscience behind all romance

Women in science © Getty

Everyday science

6 women who are changing chemistry as we know it

Dock moth with open wings sitting on red flowers from behind against a blue sky © Getty Images

What’s the difference between a moth and a butterfly?

Green tea with leaf © Getty Images

Green tea and coffee may be associated with lower risk of death

Illustration of antibodies (y-shaped) responding to an infection with the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. The virus emerged in Wuhan, China, in December 2019, and causes a mild respiratory illness (covid-19) that can develop into pneumonia and be fatal in some cases. The coronaviruses take their name from their crown (corona) of surface proteins, which are used to attach and penetrate their host cells. Once inside the cells, the particles use the cells' machinery to make more copies of the virus. Antibodies bind to specific antigens, for instance viral proteins, marking them for destruction by other immune cells, such as the macrophage white blood cell behind the virus © Getty Images

COVID-19 antibodies last for 6 months following infection, study finds

Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve in Michoacan, Mexico © Getty Images

Fantastic facts about butterflies: Everything you need to know, according to science

CGI image of the Urban Air Port in Coventry with a Hyundai eVTOL aircraft © Urban Air Port Ltd.

Future Technology

World’s first urban airport for drones and flying taxis to open in Coventry

Cute Tabby Cat Looking Curious To A Pot Of Cat Grass © Getty Images

Why do cats love catnip?

A young woman and her dog napping on a couch © Getty Images

Regular afternoon naps linked to improved cognitive function

Artist's impression of baby tyrannosaur © Julius Csotonyi (l), picture of fossil remains of a baby tyrannosaur's jawbone © Dr Greg Funton (r)

Baby tyrannosaurs were the largest-ever hatchlings

The Sudanese Red Spitting Cobra, a predator analysed in Professor Fry's study © Getty Images

Revealed: How snakes defend against their own venom