I love science. I know that makes me a geek, but as someone who suffered the social stigma of having to answer “I’m studying maths” when asked what I do at parties, I’m well used to my geekhood. But the reasons for loving science are important. It’s not just because it can make our lives better – that’s the medical and technological sides of science. They’re useful, but they’re not awe-inspiring, and they don’t give much of a warm fuzzy. I love science because the universe is such an amazing place. Particularly life on earth, since we don’t know anything about life elsewhere.

And that’s why I love the website It’s Okay To Be Smart: it’s full of items about recent discoveries in science that reinvigorate the delight that some of us get from science and the world around us.

Here are a couple of examples: Mammals with hair or fur