|RECOMMENDED RAMBLINGS
|Mac Dynamic Wallpaper
“It is named the "Web" for good reason.” David Foster Wallace When 'dynamic wallpaper' arrived with macOS Mojave it was a gimmick but a nice one. In reality it was showcasing what Apple could do with its new 'high efficency image file format' (HEIF - file...
|Carrying the Fire
“I know that I would be a liar or a fool if I said that I have the best of the three Apollo 11 seats, but I can say with truth and equanimity that I am perfectly satisfied with the one I have" Michael Collins Whilst everyone remembers Neil Armstrong and Buzz...
|Extinct Artist
"I have always painted things I am obsessed with and always gone with my heart regardless of convention." Dave White came to prominence as the pioneer of the 'Sneaker Art' movement, reinterpreting popular trainers as oil portraits. He has is own signature Air Jordan...
|Perseverance Pays
“If we see a hedgehog staring in the camera, we would know there’s current and certainly ancient life on Mars, but based on our past experiences, such an event is extremely unlikely. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, and the discovery that life...
| A New BMW Club to Join
I thought with my mentality having switched from the thunderous roar of V8s to the futuristic hum of electrics, the M5 itch was scratched. I was wrong. I can't remember when it happened or even how but without doubt the BMW M5 is in my psyche. It crept in there. It...
|Keep Rising Sir Lewis
I get kids from all different cultures and nationalities coming up to me now, all wanting to be F1 drivers. They feel the sport is open to everyone. I have had a passion for motorsport from a young age, in particular formula one (F1). I don't know where it came from....
|Season’s Greetings (2020)
Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and Peaceful (COVID free) New Year Christmas 2020 I think it goes without saying that we are all glad that this year is finishing and there is some light towards the end of the tunnel. Especially, when we as a family have beaten...
|Breaking the COVID bread
There were some upsides to the whole lockdown and pandemic. For instance, the enclave I live in was triggered to start a WhatsApp group. Something we should have done years ago but it took the 'house arrest' we were under to initiate it. This simple act has...
|Apologetic Integration
It is rather a disenchanting moment when the doctrine your parents subscribed to and expounded to you was not the armour you thought it was.It is a lie when people say 'children do not see colour' in reference to a person's skin tone. They do. It is just that they...
|Finding Colour in Black
It’s the difference between listening to Shakespeare being read by Brain Blessed instead of Patrick Stewart. Both would be enjoyable but one would be better nuanced. My younger brother had a great knack of extracting Sony Walkmans from my father. They were meant to be...
|Season’s Greetings (2019)
Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and Peaceful New Year Christmas 2019 This year's Christmas card was made up of photographs taken at Hyde Park's Winter Wonderland and Adobe Stock. The visit to the park was for Kitty's Birthday but sadly she couldn't attend due to a...
|Memo to David and the Cabinet
Can we address the issues now facing us? Can you put your own self-promotion aside?Dear elected politicians of any sort, please can we address the issues now facing us? Can you put your own self-promotion aside? For those of you who are career politicians and have no...
|HAPPENING ELSEWHERE
|Science
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Mars may have captured and split a comet to create its two moons
on 28 March | 2024
How the Red Planet acquired its two moons, Phobos and Deimos, is unknown – they could have formed after something collided with the planet, or started out as asteroids – but now there is a hint of a cometary origin
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Early galaxy seen by JWST contains giant young stars and supernovae
on 28 March | 2024
The light signature from GLASS-z12, one of the most distant galaxies we have ever seen, suggests some of its stars have already exploded as supernovae
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Spreading rock dust on farms boosts crop yields and captures CO2
on 28 March | 2024
We already have evidence that rock dust can remove carbon dioxide from the air – now there are signs that spreading the dust on farm fields also enhances crop growth
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NASA’s Artemis astronauts will try to grow plants on the moon
on 27 March | 2024
Three experiments have been selected to fly to the moon alongside NASA’s Artemis III astronauts, all designed to help with future long-term stays on the moon and eventually Mars
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This robot predicts when you're going to smile – and smiles back
on 27 March | 2024
An AI-powered robot named Emo watches people’s facial expressions and tries to match them, in an effort to make robots more relatable
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Some of the greatest cosmic discoveries have come about by accident
on 27 March | 2024
The universe has been surprising us ever since we first looked into the cosmic darkness. We should embrace serendipity in science, says Chris Lintott
|DAYS UNTIL THE CIRCUS
|General
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Divers recover bodies from Baltimore bridge
on 28 March | 2024 at 10:06
Searches continue for four other people missing after two bodies are found in a submerged truck.
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China axes Covid-era tariffs on Australian wine
on 28 March | 2024 at 09:15
It comes as relations have improved since a new Canberra government was elected in 2022.
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Gaza starvation could amount to war crime, UN...
on 28 March | 2024 at 07:35
Volker Türk tells Jeremy Bowen there is a "plausible" case that Israel is using starvation as a weapon of war.
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US urges fair legal process for India opposition...
on 28 March | 2024 at 06:13
Washington reiterated its remark hours after Delhi summoned a US diplomat over similar comments.
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Four killed during stabbing spree in Illinois
on 28 March | 2024 at 06:09
Police in Rockford say the attacks occurred after a home invasion and that a man was arrested.
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China smartphone giant takes on Tesla
on 28 March | 2024 at 03:54
Xiaomi's entry into the electric car market comes as a price war has been intensifying.