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

Shoebox-sized satellites built in the UK to be launched this month © ESA

Shoebox-sized satellites built in the UK to be launched this month

COVID-19 immunity 'declines sharply' a month after hospital discharge © Getty Images

COVID-19 immunity ‘declines sharply’ a month after hospital discharge

Counterfeit whiskies can now be identified using lasers © Getty Images

Counterfeit whiskies can now be identified using lasers

Oxford coronavirus vaccine: Why have trials paused? © Sean Elias/University of Oxford

Oxford coronavirus vaccine Why have trials paused?

'Culturally competent' robot improves mental health in the elderly © University of Bedfordshire/PA

‘Culturally competent’ robot improves mental health in the elderly

'Mini organs' grown for children with intestinal failure © Getty Images

‘Mini organs’ grown for children with intestinal failure

Having a cold blocks you from catching the flu © Getty Images

Having a cold blocks you from catching the flu

Lactose tolerance spread rapidly through Europe, warrior bones reveal © Stefan Sauer/Tollense Valley Project

Lactose tolerance spread rapidly through Europe, warrior bones reveal

Oxygen from the Earth may be rusting the Moon's surface © Getty Images

Oxygen from the Earth may be rusting the Moon’s surface

Mastodons were driven north by climate change 2.5 million years ago © Julius Csotonyi/PA

Mastodons were driven north by climate change 2.5 million years ago

Bronze Age musical instruments made from human bone © Wiltshire Museum/PA

Bronze Age musical instruments made from human bone

COVID-19: Learn from the public's reaction to the Blitz, expert warns © Getty Images

COVID-19 Public reaction has 'significant parallels' to Blitz

Eigg-ceptional dinosaur bone found on Scottish island © Matt Humpage

Eigg-ceptional dinosaur bone found on Scottish island

Nottingham woman believed to be first to contract coronavirus in UK © Getty Images

Nottingham woman believed to be first to contract coronavirus in UK

Dog successfully treated with high-tech human cancer treatment © Jenna Forbes/PA

Dog successfully treated with high-tech human cancer treatment