by Tom | Nov 20, 2009 | Science
Martian landscapes. Each and every one is genuinely extraordinary. That we don’t necessarily understand how they have got the way they have doesn’t mean they don’t exist!
by Tom | Nov 19, 2009 | Science
Saturn. What would Galileo have thought if he could have seen these images?
by Tom | Nov 9, 2009 | Government, Science
Interesting thought on the The Nutt Sack Affair (part 493): part of the defence has been that science cannot help with policy, only provide evidence to policy makers. Hmm. The scientific method can see if policy is effective or not, whether types of policy are...
by Tom | Nov 3, 2009 | Government, Personal, Science
As #alanjohnsonnuttsack continues to rumble on, there is a deep question emerging: how do we present science effectively. If we hold to the fact that all current science could be wrong, we get Clive James and others telling us we are promoting hatred. If we try and...
by Tom | Oct 26, 2009 | Personal, Science
I was unpleasantly annoyed by a Clive James item on the radio yesterday, which you can read in full. I enjoyed the discussion of the golf ball crisp, but then he moves on to scepticism about man’s responsibility for climate change, suggesting that because there...
by Tom | Oct 16, 2009 | Science
Nice approach which shows the readable field shape surrounding an RFID reader with a suggestion that the shape determines the logo. This is a nice idea, but it will confuse people on bluetooth… Splendid geeks, too.
