I rather like the bleakness of winter, with the occasional startling clear sunny and crisp day. I also like nesting in a warm cost home on the long dark cold nights. But each to their own, and all th… (View Post)

I recall driving at night in the late seventies and eighties where the moths would be abundant. Mainly holiday memories, so North Devon, but no reason to think it wasn’t the case everywhere. Like eve… (View Post)

No - rust would be a haem protein. (View Post)

I think you are 100% correct with that - it’s not about birth, it’s about what you feel you are. I had a mate in NZ a bit like you. In his case he was born in U.K. but lived in NZ since very young. H… (View Post)

It’s why I much prefer chemistry… The sheer complexity of living cells that we know about is bad enough. God knows how much more there is to discover. (View Post)