|RECOMMENDED RAMBLINGS
|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'...
|50 Facts About Shakespeare
The No Sweat Shakespeare website is a labor of love from London-based father and son Shakespeare enthusiasts John and Warren King.To commemorate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare we wanted to put together some interesting facts about him, however whilst researching...
|A new kind of Justice?
There is another scene of imprisoned foreign sex workers who are made to look dumb and gullible, thinking that Batman is some sort of devil This isn't a review of the new movie; Batman vs Superman, it is more of a comment on observations during the film. I walked out...
|HAPPENING ELSEWHERE
|Science
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What you eat is influenced by the food choices of people you dine with
on 26 February | 2021
You are more likely to eat healthy foods if your dining companions eat healthily, or vice versa, according to a study of 39,000 students and staff at a university
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Covid-19 news: One dose of Pfizer vaccine greatly reduced transmission
on 26 February | 2021
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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We are nowhere near keeping warming below 1.5°C despite climate plans
on 26 February | 2021
The world is wildly off track meeting the Paris Agreement goal of holding temperature rises to 1.5ۜ°C, despite a recent series of more ambitious new national climate plans
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The Perseverance rover runs on processors used in iMacs in the 1990s
on 26 February | 2021
The processor in the Perseverance rover on Mars is similar to the one that powered the colourful iMacs from the late 1990s, with some added radiation shielding
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Motor industry lobbied for a loophole in UK fossil fuel car ban
on 26 February | 2021
The UK government plan announced in 2020 is to ban new petrol and diesel model cars by 2030, but some fossil-fuelled cars are to be exempt. Now it has emerged that the concession came after lobbying by the UK car-makers' trade body
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Google uses underwater fibre-optic cable to detect earthquakes
on 25 February | 2021
A team including researchers at Google has used one of the search giant's underwater fibre optic cables to detect earthquakes and ocean waves generated by storms, without needing any extra equipment
|DAYS UNTIL THE CIRCUS
|General
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CPAC: Trump returns to political stage at...
on 28 February | 2021 at 22:11
The former US president tells a conservative conference he will not start a new political party.
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Iran nuclear deal: Tehran rules out informal...
on 28 February | 2021 at 21:39
Tehran insists the US must lift all of its unilateral sanctions before talks can resume.
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Denver family wows neighbourhood with snow art
on 28 February | 2021 at 20:55
The Mosley family spent 10 hours creating this colourful snake sculpture out of snow.
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Myanmar coup: Death toll rises as police crack...
on 28 February | 2021 at 18:31
Police have fired on protesters in Myanmar, on the deadliest day since rallies against the country's coup began.
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Hong Kong charges 47 activists in largest use yet...
on 28 February | 2021 at 17:47
The pro-democracy figures are accused of "subversion" under the controversial security legislation.
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New York Governor Cuomo faces fresh claims of...
on 28 February | 2021 at 17:13
New York's governor denies wrongdoing and orders an external inquiry after claims by a second ex-aide.
