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

Moon © Getty Images

The Moon: Fun facts and your questions answered

Astronomers create the largest-ever map of our Universe's dark matter © N Jeffrey/Dark Energy Survey collaboration

Astronomers create the largest-ever map of our Universe’s dark matter

Tamarin monkeys copy other species' accents to avoid conflict © Viviane Costa/ PA

Tamarin monkeys copy other species’ accents to avoid conflict

What is dark matter? © NASA

What is dark matter?

Storytelling reduces pain and stress in hospitalised children © Getty Images

Storytelling reduces pain and stress in hospitalised children

Medical detection dogs can sniff out COVID-19 with 94 per cent accuracy © Neil Pollock/MDD

Medical detection dogs can sniff out COVID-19 with 94 per cent accuracy

Climate crisis is driving fastest change in global vegetation in 18,000 years © Getty Images

Climate crisis is driving fastest change in global vegetation in 18,000 years

COVID-19 booster vaccine trial launched in UK © Getty Images

COVID-19 booster vaccine trial launched in UK

Heavy metals unexpectedly found in comets' atmospheres throughout the Solar System © ESO/L. Calçada, SPECULOOS Team/E. Jehin, Manfroid et al.

Heavy metals unexpectedly found in comets’ atmospheres throughout the Solar System

Ai-Da: Robot artist's self-portraits on display at the Design Museum © David Parry/PA

Ai-Da: Robot artist’s self-portraits on display at the Design Museum

Watch: Solar Orbiter captures Sun's coronal mass ejection on camera © ESA/PA

Watch Solar Orbiter captures Sun's coronal mass ejection on camera

Podcast: Could 'counterfactuals' solve the biggest problems in physics? © Getty Images

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Podcast Could 'counterfactuals' solve the biggest problems in physics?

Depression could be linked to inflammation, study finds © Getty Images

Depression could be linked to inflammation, study finds

Fasting could help you live longer - but could harm your children, study suggests © Getty Images

Fasting could help you live longer – but could harm your children, study suggests

Two doses of Pfizer vaccine reduces risk of death by 97 per cent © Getty Images

Two doses of Pfizer vaccine reduces risk of death by 97 per cent