I was interested by this story which says that humans are not only still evolving, but are evolving faster now than ever before. Its counter-intuitive which makes it all the more attention-grabbing.
Entries Tagged as 'Science'
The end of the World?
April 29th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Life
Campaigning allowing, I think I shall try to watch Horizon on BBC2 on Thursday night. It is all about the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. The LHC is that machine the boffins there are building to try and learn more about the conditions during the big bang. There is some concern that when the machine […]
A treat for sister Jane
April 25th, 2007 · Comments Off on A treat for sister Jane · Technology
If you need to keep Rob occupied for 15 minutes or so, just call up this page and watch him get sucked in… the copyright date on it is 2005. I can’t believe its been around that long without me finding out about it.
How to enjoy Primeval
March 19th, 2007 · 6 Comments · Life
I found Primeval on ITV to be quite enjoyable, but only after employing some serious “willing suspension of disbelief” tactics. The secret is to not think about any of the following while watching it: The one-dimensional character of the Home Office bloke Why would the government, faced with a rash of unexplained physical events (like […]
Eclipse photo goodness
March 5th, 2007 · 3 Comments · Technology
I missed out on the eclipse this week. The first I knew about it was seeing a photo of it the next day which my brother-in-law posted on Flickr. It was a good photo of a red moon, but now he has been doing some processing and playing around with his shots and come up […]
Beware wet clothes!
October 11th, 2006 · Comments Off on Beware wet clothes! · Life
What is the greater fire risk – wet clothes or dry clothes? According to the people at Crawley’s new waste depot it is wet clothes. Amongst all the various recycling skips is one for clothing, and it has a sign that says you should make sure any clothing is dry as wet clothes generate heat […]
The Oregon Vortex
October 6th, 2006 · 3 Comments · Life
Thanks to a passing reference in Robert Rankin‘s new book, The Toyminator, what I learned today is about the existence of a place called The Orgeon Vortex. It is a place where the normal laws of physics do not apply, according to the publicity. Sadly, some of the mystery is taken out of it through […]
What I did on my holidays – Wednesday morning
August 26th, 2006 · 2 Comments · Life
Wednesday morning I was woken by torrential rain. Having no clock or watch in the sleeping part of the tent I got up and Jayne and I sat outside under the gazebo and had a coffee, wondering if it would ever stop raining. Then we dug out a watch and found out that it was […]
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Joseph Wright of Derby
June 21st, 2006 · 2 Comments · Life
I made another flying visit to the National Gallery at lunchtime today. I really should go there with some sort of plan to visit different rooms each time and eventually get round all of it, but I keep returning to the room with the Canaletto and Guardi paintings, then fly past the Turners, Constables and […]
Blink – The Power of Thinking without Thinking
March 14th, 2006 · Comments Off on Blink – The Power of Thinking without Thinking · Life
Blink is the latest book by Malcolm Gladwell, author of The Tipping Point. I can confidently say that anyone who enjoyed The Tipping Point will enjoy this one just as much because it is very similar. Gladwell’s books could almost be called ‘high concept‘ books in that the theme can be very easily explained in […]
