Optical astronomy is very difficult in the UK because of the light pollution and poor weather. Radio astronomy is unaffected by both these problems and the UK is engaged in a number of radio astronomy projects.
Jodrell Bank is the UK’s premier radio astronomy site. The picture above is the Lovell Telescope, which at over 75 metres across is the world’s third largest steerable radio telescope. You can ge a better idea of the scale from the photographs below:
Check out the amazing ways in which these undersea creatures protect themselves and hunt for food using biological camouflage.
For more information on the fascinating mimic octopus check out the original paper1 (268kB 
) or visit its MarineBio page.
1Norman, M.D., Finn, J., Tregenza, T. (2001) Dynamic mimicry in an Indo-Malayan octopus, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, 268, 1755-1758.
The CandyFab 4000 makes sculptures from pure sugar.
You can find more information on the CandyFab homepage and more photographs in the Flickr stream.