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If, like me, you have always believed that you never stop learning, and that the pursuit of knowledge and understanding is part of the human condition, then I think you will love this. "In Our Time" , one of the BBC's flagship radio programmes, now has its archive online, going back to 1998. "In Our Time" is a weekly radio programme
The BBC reports that the a team of scientists from Marche Polytechnic University in Ancona, Italy have found three new species of tiny creatures living over 2 miles down in the Mediterranean Sea. It's so deep and dark there's almost no oxygen whatsoever and although only 1mm in size, this is the first time that anything other than bacteria have
I think I'd better learn to knit and get a few sweaters and scarves under way. Just in case we step into a global cooling period, thanks to an Icelandic volcano with a hot temper. If you think it can't happen, it's only because your human memory is rather short. I'm reading a really interesting book called "Cold," by Bill
The Science Museum, London, is celebrating a century of science and as part of the festivities, it asked visitors to vote for the scientific discovery or invention that most “changed the future”. The ten objects it put forward were: 1. Apollo 10 Capsule 2. DNA Double Helix 3. Electric Telegraph 4. Model T Ford 5. Penicillin 6. Pilot ACE Computer
In #479 Todd mentioned about how much happier he was to be drinking tap water than the re-cycled urine the ISS occupants were looking forward to. Now I was taught a long time ago about the water cycle of ocean, to rain, to river to ocean. During this process animals drink it, or eat it in their food, then dispose
GO BADGERS That was the post Adam Wilson made to Twitter by using only his brain. Wearing a special red cap fitted with electrodes that connected to a computer flashing letters, by concentrating on the letters he wanted, Wilson was able to Twit the small message on the screen in front of him. What this means for the rest of
The Hubble space telescope, now active for nearly 20 years, continues to send back images that amaze and astound scientists. And it's not only the newest pictures being sent that are providing all of the "ooh" moments these days. Scientists studying land-based telescope views discovered a gassy planet orbiting a nearby star (HR 8799), and then went back to images