Natural Sciences

The natural sciences are where curiosity meets the raw machinery of the universe. Here we don’t just catalogue bones, atoms, or stars — we listen for the stories they’re telling. A fossil is not just a fragment of bone but a memory carved into stone. A droplet under the microscope is not merely water but a stage where empires of microbes rise and fall. The natural sciences ask us to look again, to pay attention to life and matter not as inert facts but as restless tricksters, always plotting new forms and surprising evolutions.

From the hidden codes of genetics to the unpredictable storms of climate, these fields reveal a world in motion. Chemistry whispers its invisible recipes, physics dares to bend time itself, and biology delights in the endless improvisations of life. Earth sciences remind us that the ground beneath us is alive with fire, water, and ice, shaping landscapes and destinies in rhythms longer than our lives can fathom. Even as we try to pin the world down, it slips through our fingers — a reminder that the universe is more imaginative than any theory.

Lift your gaze and the sciences grow cosmic. Stars burn as diaries of deep time, galaxies wheel as unsolvable riddles, and the whole universe seems to fold in on itself, reflecting back the question of why we are here at all. The natural sciences do not settle for answers; they pull us into bigger mysteries. In Uncommonology, they are not just disciplines but adventures, journeys into the hidden, the shifting, and the endlessly strange reality that surrounds us.

Biology

  • Biology — Life as Trickster

  • Anatomy — Blueprints of the Body

  • Botany — Plants That Scheme

  • Zoology — The Bestiary of Reality

  • Microbiology — Tiny Kingdoms

  • Mycology — Kingdom of the Hidden

  • Genetics — The Language of Flesh

  • Neuroscience — The Electric Brain

  • Ecology — The Web That Weaves Us

  • Evolution — Time’s Sculptor

  • Paleontology — Bones That Remember

Chemistry

  • Chemistry — The Art of Invisible Recipes

  • Organic chemistry — The Carbon Conspiracy

  • Inorganic chemistry — The Metals’ Whisper

  • Physical chemistry — Energy in a Jar

  • Analytical chemistry — Fingerprints of Matter

  • Environmental chemistry — Pollution’s Ghosts

  • Biochemistry — Life’s Secret Reactions

Earth Sciences

  • Geology — The Earth’s Autobiography

  • Geophysics — The Planet’s Heartbeat

  • Oceanography — Secrets of the Deep

  • Meteorology — Weather as Oracle

  • Climatology — Forecasts of Forever

  • Glaciology — The Memory of Ice

  • Soil science — The Alchemy of Dirt

Physics

  • Physics — Laws That Break Themselves

  • Classical physics — The Clockwork Cosmos

  • Thermodynamics — The Heat of Truth

  • Relativity — Time’s Strange Elastic

  • Quantum physics — The Dice Game of the Universe

  • Particle physics — Ghosts of Matter

  • Nuclear physics — Splitting the Unsplittable

  • Condensed matter physics — The Crowd Behaviour of Atoms

Astronomy & Space

  • Astronomy — Reading the Sky’s Diary

  • Astrophysics — Gravity’s Opera

  • Cosmology — The Universe Thinking About Itself

  • Observational astronomy — Eyes on Infinity

  • Astrobiology — Hunting for Neighbours