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

Mice show their emotions on their faces, just like humans © Julia Kuhl/Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology

Mice show their emotions on their faces, just like humans

Torn-apart star gives strongest evidence yet of hidden black hole © PA/ESA/Hubble/M Kornmesser

Torn-apart star gives strongest evidence yet of mysterious black hole

Male dolphins match their calls and movements when working together © Dolphin Alliance Project www.sharkbaydolphins.org/PA

Male dolphins match their calls and movements when working together

Even low levels of air pollution linked to dementia risk, study finds © Getty Images

Even low levels of air pollution linked to dementia risk, study finds

Rising ocean temperatures are pushing marine species towards the poles © Getty Images

Rising ocean temperatures are pushing marine species towards the poles

'World-first' socially assistive robot under development in Scotland © Heriot-Watt University/PA

‘World-first’ socially assistive robot under development in Scotland

Childhood hardship linked to memory decline later in life © Getty Images

Childhood hardship linked to memory decline later in life

Coronavirus: UK patients to test existing drugs as COVID-19 treatments © Jonathan Brady/PA

Coronavirus UK patients test existing drugs against COVID-19

Coronavirus: £20m for team to 'unlock the secrets' of COVID-19 © Getty Images

Coronavirus £20m for team to 'unlock the secrets' of COVID-19

Coronavirus test: Portable kit could test 16 NHS staff in just 50 minutes © Getty Images

Coronavirus test Portable kit could test 16 NHS staff in just 50 minutes

African Black Rhino numbers increasing thanks to 'immense' conservation efforts © Getty Images

African Black Rhino numbers increasing thanks to ‘immense’ conservation efforts

Don't over-indulge your dogs while you self-isolate, scientists warn © Getty Images

Don’t over-indulge your dogs while you self-isolate, scientists warn

Coronavirus: how are scientists developing a vaccine? © University of Plymouth/PA

How are scientists developing a coronavirus vaccine?

Coronavirus vaccine: first volunteers receive trial dose in US © (Ted S. Warren/AP/PA Images

Coronavirus vaccine First volunteers receive trial dose in US

© Zack Graham/Arizona State University

Size matters: narwhals’ long tusks help them find a mate