No.1: The Macaw
(You’ll have to do what the parrot says, and click on his image.)
And yes, you’re right it is a macaw. It’s the image that started me off on a long rumination about parrots.
I found it in the astonishingly well constructed site run by the New York Public Library, amongst a few thousand [...]
I was listening to a repeat of the most amazing programme about an extremely ancient murder mystery - 2 million years old to be exact - that was part of a Radio 4 Science broadcast.
In the first minute of this fascinating piece, the scientists presenting the show completely threw away their credibility. Listen to [...]
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O.K., I know this is slightly old news because it happened more than a week ago, but I’ve been very busy and not able to connect with my normal reference points, so forgive me and pass on if this is stale kale to you.
Edward O. (Osborne) Wilson is one of my heroes. R. Buckminster [...]
Cartoon Law I
Any body suspended in space will remain in space until made aware of its situation.
Daffy Duck steps off a cliff, expecting further pastureland. He loiters in midair, soliloquizing flippantly, until he chances to look down. At this point, the familiar principle of 32 feet per second per second takes over.
Lots more laws [...]
TEST-TUBES AND TANTRUMS is a series of short (15 min.) programmes from the BBC Science unit outlining some of the historic battles between scientists.
The series is being broadcast Monday to Friday, 24 to 28 April 2006 3.45-4.00pm, but if you miss any of this riveting and entertaining series, you can always listen again for 7 [...]
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