In one of the Mars Trilogy books there's an amusing passage where some kids play a game of diverting one of their reluctant scientist-become-teachers from the lesson by getting them to answer a … (View Post)

There's something a bit odd about this story. Something missing. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/oct/29/petition-elite-london-gym-spider-man-tom-holland-trained The East London Gymnasti… (View Post)

Why would they announce something like this ahead of the main budget? Even if we accept that it's necessary, it comes under the heading of "regrettable, but necessary." So why give it … (View Post)

For the Royal Navy the most pressing issue is finding enough sailors to be able to put the existing ships to sea. (View Post)

My argument against carbon capture is that it's always going to be more expensive than releasing the carbon to the atmosphere. Likely a lot more expensive. So it will be difficult to make it sti… (View Post)