John Pullen
Author – Filmmaker – Pilot
Welcome to my Website and Blog
Here you will find fiction and non-fiction books on various subjects along with a blog exploring many fascinating stories from the sciences to the arts.
Blog – Feeding the Curious Mind
The Lizards Who Survived the Asteroid Strike
A large percentage of schoolchildren are likely to know the answer to the question, “What happened 66 million years ago?” The answer will come back, “An asteroid killed the dinosaurs.” And they would be correct. The asteroid which has been calculated to have been around 8 miles across, crashed into the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico.…
The Strange Cold Spot in the Atlantic Ocean
We do not understand the oceans as well as the land. And so, when an anomaly appears, it leaves a lot of oceanographers scratching their heads and heading back to the drawing board, or in their case, their ocean charts. The anomaly in question lies to the south of Greenland, in the Atlantic Ocean. It…
The Rarest Blood in the World
We all have blood of a certain type. Some are very common whilst others are less common. The first time blood was grouped was in 1901 when the Austrian-American biologist, Dr Karl Landsteiner identified the most common group, the ABO group. Different groups come about because there a different proteins and sugars on the surface…
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