Hitting something with gamma radiation does not make it radioactive… I assume they mean it was contaminated with a gamma emitter. (View Post)

The qualities required to get oneself elected as PM are orthogonal to the qualities required to be a great PM. On that profundity (which I'm pretty sure I am quoting, but I can't be bothered to look … (View Post)

I wish I didn't know what you meant... (View Post)

According to Wikipedia, not first by over two thousand years: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrus_the_Great (View Post)

Trying to get your average international crowd to divide themselves into the required two choirs would be a bit of a challenge for those of us not of Welsh blood. (View Post)