Sara Rigby

Online assistant, BBC Science Focus

Sara is the online assistant at BBC Science Focus. She has an MPhys in mathematical physics and loves all things space, dinosaurs and dogs.

Recent articles by Sara Rigby

Top 10: Most patient countries © Getty Images

Top 10: Most patient countries

Scientists identify gut bacteria linked to neurodegenerative conditions © University of Florida

Scientists identify gut bacteria linked to neurodegenerative conditions

Great white sharks use 'training grounds' to teach their young to hunt © Getty Images

Young great white sharks use ‘training grounds’ to learn to hunt

The power of sleep

New issue The power of sleep

Spina bifida: Surgery in the womb saves 32 babies from paralysis © NHS England/PA

Spina bifida: Surgery in the womb saves 32 babies from paralysis

Podcast: Why do humans make music? © Getty Images

Podcast: Why do humans make music?

Scientists train a computer to learn like a human © Northwestern University

Scientists train a computer to learn like a human

Digital avatars allow psychosis patients to make peace with the voices in their heads

“Campfires” on the Sun explain the mystery of why its atmosphere is so hot

T. rex's alligator-like jaw helped it to bite through bone © Getty Images

T. rex’s alligator-like jaw helped it to bite through bone

What is polarised light? © PiccoloNamek, CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/), via Wikimedia Commons

Everyday science

What is polarised light?

Gardening just twice a week improves wellbeing and relieves stress © Getty Images

Gardening just twice a week improves wellbeing and relieves stress

COVID-19: Cases are dropping thanks to vaccines, real-world data shows © Getty Images

COVID-19: Cases are dropping thanks to vaccines, real-world data shows

Climate 'tipping points' can be reversed – but only if we act quickly © Getty Images

Climate ‘tipping points’ can be reversed, suggests new research – but only if we act urgently

The Royal Astronomical Society is searching for the UK's

The Royal Astronomical Society is searching for the UK’s “Moon Trees”