Bob May was a guest on The Science Show a couple of weeks ago. Or Lord May to all of us plebs. He was born in Australia and has variously been Chief Scientific advisor to the British government, President of the Royal Society, and a host of other titles too many to include here but [...]
We start today, with a little wind-up. Just like a clockwork mechanism, a Blog should wind up the tension, to allow the bell to be struck with a clear ringing blow. So get a coffee, put your feet up, take a deep breath and… Why did God prohibit Adam and Eve from partaking of [...]
Everything we do, we do because of experience. When, as babies, we touch something hot and burn our hands, we learn to be careful not to touch things that may be hot. When we do something bad and get punished, it is natural to not want to be punished again, so we avoid doing the [...]
Maxwell Smart fans will remember the cone of silence. That horrendous piece of elliptical cone shaped perspex that descended from the ceiling to foil the bugging attempts of KAOS. As Max, the Chief and spies and persons with secrets to hide have discovered worldwide, sometimes, containment (cone of silence) doesn’t work very well. At [...]
Prologue On playgrounds all over the world, kids are saying to each other…. “If you like me, you’ll do it…. And if you don’t do it, then I’ll know that you don’t really really like me and then you can’t be in our gang. Children don’t understand the concept of bribery or corruption, but [...]