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

Human speech has 'ancient roots within primate communication' © Dr Catherine Hobaiter/University of St Andrews

Human speech has ‘ancient roots within primate communication’

Corals produce 'dazzling' neon colours to protect themselves from bleaching © Getty Images

Corals produce ‘dazzling’ neon colours to protect themselves from bleaching

Astronomers spot first direct evidence of planet forming © Boccaletti et al/ESO/PA

Astronomers spot first direct evidence of planet forming

Washing your hands six to 10 times a day could lower coronavirus risk © Getty Images

Washing your hands six to 10 times a day could lower coronavirus risk

Regular yoga practice may reduce symptoms of depression © Getty Images

Regular yoga practice may reduce symptoms of depression

Re-introduce insects to cities to help urban birds, scientists say © Getty Images

Re-introduce insects to cities to help urban birds, scientists say

Fossil footprints 'provide a tantalising snapshot of humankind’s earliest days' © William Harcourt-Smith/Lehman College

Fossil footprints ‘provide a tantalising snapshot of humankind’s earliest days’

Cold War atomic bomb tests made the UK rainier © Getty Images

Cold War atomic bomb tests made the UK rainier

Dogs go through a stroppy teenage phase too © Getty Images

Dogs go through a stroppy teenage phase too

Ancient humans arrived in Europe 'far earlier than previously thought' © Tsenka Tsanova, License: CC-BY-SA 2.0

Ancient humans arrived in Europe ‘far earlier than previously thought’

Coronavirus: Should we all wear face masks? © Getty Images

Reality Check Should we all wear face masks?

5G: Driverless cars could warn each other of dangers using new network © Getty Images

5G Driverless cars could warn each other of dangers using new network

Coronavirus: Is lockdown an opportunity for scientific research? © Getty Images

Reality Check Is lockdown helping scientific research?

Tomorrow's Flower Moon will be the last supermoon of 2020 © Getty Images

Tomorrow’s Flower Moon will be the last supermoon of 2020

Download COVID-19 contact-tracing app and save lives, says government © Getty Images

Download the COVID-19 contact-tracing app and save lives, urges Health Secretary