|RECOMMENDED RAMBLINGS
|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 Aldrin,...
|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...
|End of the Big Dream?
It's unlikely we will ever see a commercial avaiation success story like the Boeing 747 It was conceived on a fishing trip between the CEOs of PAN AM and Boeing. When finally created in 1969 it was the biggest airliner in the world, first wide bodied and 'two tier'...
|HAPPENING ELSEWHERE
|Science
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Covid-19 news: Infections in England remain at ‘extremely high’ level
on 26 January | 2022
The latest coronavirus news updated every day including coronavirus cases, the latest news, features and interviews from New Scientist and essential information about the covid-19 pandemic
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160,000-year-old fossil may be the first Denisovan skull we've found
on 26 January | 2022
A partial skull from China represents the earliest human with a “modern” brain size. It could represent an unknown group of ancient humans, or perhaps one of the enigmatic Denisovans
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School teachers unsure of best way to ventilate rooms in cold weather
on 26 January | 2022
As school absences soar in England because of covid-19 – and classroom mask-wearing guidelines are lifted – many teachers aren't sure how best to improve ventilation amid winter temperatures
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How much more contagious could the coronavirus get?
on 26 January | 2022
The coronavirus is evolving to become more transmissible, and eventually it could even overtake measles, the most contagious virus we know of
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Some bee colonies have to kill thousands of ‘selfish’ wannabe queens
on 26 January | 2022
About one-fifth of all Melipona beecheii stingless bee larvae develop as queens, but the colony accepts only one – the rest are executed by worker guards
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AI can spot wounded wild animals and poachers in camera trap footage
on 25 January | 2022
An AI designed to detect bed sores in digital images has been used to identify wounded animals in camera trap footage, and can also detect poachers
|DAYS UNTIL THE CIRCUS
|General
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Kurdish-led forces say they have retaken Syrian...
on 26 January | 2022 at 17:39
All IS militants inside the jail have surrendered after six days of fierce fighting, the SDF says.
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US Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to retire...
on 26 January | 2022 at 17:38
Liberal US Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to retire later this year, reports say
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LGBT rights: New French law to criminalise...
on 26 January | 2022 at 17:00
Anyone convicted under the law could face fines of up to €30,000 (£25,000) and two years in jail.
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500 acres of California forestland returned to...
on 26 January | 2022 at 16:54
The 523 acres were donated back to the Sinkyone people, land they were once forcibly removed from.
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Paris Fashion Week: Monaco royal Charlotte...
on 26 January | 2022 at 16:42
Monaco royal and accomplished show jumper Charlotte Casiraghi opened the brand's Haute Couture show.
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Who is Burkina Faso coup leader Lt-Col Damiba?
on 26 January | 2022 at 16:36
Lt-Col Damiba has had training from the US and France but wants Africa to be responsible for its security.
