If you've read those bumper books given to you at Christmas, then you may have fun visiting a few sites I've discovered and enjoy.

John Muir Laws - How to Draw Plants: Natural science meets art at this delightful web site. Watch one of Laws videos or follow his downloadable tutorials, and you'll be inspired to try your hand sketching. And with this new found skill you can train yourself to observe nature more carefully. In no time you'll be going on bushwalks, sketchpad in hand!

Lateral Magazine: Lateral Magazine is an online publication that explores the intersections of science and society. The magazine is edited by a team of scientists and journalists and each month publishes feature articles on a shared monthly theme along with additional articles, editorials, and regular columns. December 2016 issue, 'Heart', for instance, featured an investigation about the history and future of heart transplants, a consideration of the possibility of artificial hearts, and an analysis of how the heart came to symbolise love and emotion. Regular columns include Ethograms, an exploration of animal behaviour; Field Studies, an investigation of current scientific research projects around the world; and Gene Dosage, which seeks to explain "what genome science is uncovering about each individual's unique response to drugs and pharmaceuticals."

Boris Ignatovich: By accident I discovered this spectacular website, which garnered a Webby nomination for Best Art Website in 2016. The site is dedicated to the work of Russian Photographer Boris Ignatovich. Beginning in 1923, Ignatovich photographed the world around him until his death in 1976. His photography captured Russia during the earliest days of communism, World War II, and throughout the 1950s and 1960s. Created by the Innovator Foundation, this website invites visitors to learn more about Ignatovich's life and work through a collection of online exhibitions. What comes through loud and clear is the skill and variety of Ignatovich's work, from portraiture to aerial photographs of the architecture and nature of the Caucasus region to haunting scenes from World War II.