Archive for March 2010
Happiness is . . .
Posted by: ozymandias1 on: March 28, 2010
Good friends, an’ a pint o’ plain
The precautionary principle gone mad
Posted by: ozymandias1 on: March 23, 2010
This sign now seems to be appearing regularly in petrol stations across the country. Presumably it’s because the owners are afraid that the mobile can somehow cause a spark, even though there is not the slightest bit of evidence that this can happen. Maybe it’s related to the demonstration involving mobile phones cooking pop-corn. [...]
A science-teacher’s apology
Posted by: ozymandias1 on: March 11, 2010
We educators take this incredibly exotic jungle of knowledge called science and distil it until all the wonder has been removed and we are left with nothing but a heap of dry shavings. We then pour this into our syllabus and textbooks and make our students learn it off by heart so that it can [...]
Wonder in Science (why do we hide it?)
Posted by: ozymandias1 on: March 9, 2010
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Yes, yes, yes, yes! Just read this online article from Simon Jenkins in the Guardian I devour popular science, finding its history and its wonder a constant delight. . . . It is a mystery how so many science teachers can be so bad at their jobs that most children of my acquaintance cannot wait [...]
Where now for space exploration?
Posted by: ozymandias1 on: March 4, 2010
The Royal Society will feature regularly in the news this year as it celebrates its 350th birthday. Cambridge University astrophysicist Martin Rees is president of the Royal Society, so it was fascinating to watch him explain in an exclusive video interview why President Obama was right to cancel manned US missions to the Moon. Wonder what Gil [...]
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