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GCSE and A level results: Three steps to make things better 27 Aug 2013 | 01:19 pm
Reblogged from Protons for Breakfast Blog: As my own children approach the year in which they will sit GCSE and A level exams, the annual brouhaha over exam results feels a bit more personal. And my...
HS2 or H2O? 26 Aug 2013 | 06:52 pm
Since it’s a Bank Holiday – and a fine and sunny one at that – I’ll restrict myself to a brief post today so I can return to the outside part of the Universe and get a bit of sun while it lasts. I sa...
Bird’s Nest 25 Aug 2013 | 10:08 pm
I know it’s a Bank Holiday weekend, but I’ve got so many things to do that I don’t have time for anything but a brief post today. I heard this track on BBC Radio 3 last night and it brought back a lot...
Against Anonymity 24 Aug 2013 | 03:39 pm
There’s been quite a lot of reaction on the interwebs about a recent decision by the Huffington Post to block anonymous comments in an attempt to prevent abusive behaviour, which is a serious problem ...
Quantum Information and Quantum Computing 23 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
Having a very late and very short lunch break today because I was involved in a series of meetings this morning all of which overran. That, together with the heat, has put me in a bit of a fluster. An...
The Open Journal for Astrophysics – Update and Request 22 Aug 2013 | 03:10 pm
I’ve been getting quite a few questions about my modest proposal The Open Journal for Astrophysics. I don’t want to give too much away before the site is revealed, but I can say that after a very posi...
Magic Beard 21 Aug 2013 | 09:09 pm
I just couldn’t resist posting this…. Follow @telescoper
Marsh Flowers 21 Aug 2013 | 01:47 pm
I heard a reading of this poem on BBC Radio 3 last night and couldn’t resist posting it here. It’s by Suffolk poet George Crabbe and it came up in the context of a programme about poetry and the music...
The Balcombe Speech, from King Lear 20 Aug 2013 | 02:10 pm
Not many people know that William Shakespeare was an enthusiastic supporter of hydraulic fracturing. His views are most clearly represented in the famous Balcombe speech in Act III, Scene 2 of King L...
Science, Fracking and the Balcombization of the Left 19 Aug 2013 | 03:39 pm
Well, here’s a find. A rare, peer-reviewed scientific article about hydraulic fracturing. And it’s not behind a paywall! The abstract of the paper, which I’m passing (as with my earlier post) on in th...
