Humans generally prefer to be in the company of nice humans, but bonobos, Continue reading “Studies Show, or Don’t”
Category: miscellaneous
Font verdict
Thank you, readers of this weblog, for your advice as to which Continue reading “Font verdict”
April Statistical Fool
The Chinese space station Tiangong-1 is about to dive back to Earth – on April 1, probably.
Sky scene tomorrow, and another Instar
The planets are still mostly in the morning sky.
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Transnational science
While presidents threaten each other’s countries with nuclear obliteration, or repress and starve and bombard their own citizens, other humans of more constructive character Continue reading “Transnational science”
Thanksgiving across the pond
We Americans sailed up the Thames to get to a Thanksgiving Day service.
Multiverse rears again its many heads
My first essay in this blog (essay means a “try” Continue reading “Multiverse rears again its many heads”
Lost comments
Some comments that readers made a while ago have become “unapproved,” Continue reading “Lost comments”
Tall Ships
The five-day festival of the Tall Ships was announced by a volley of fireworks Continue reading “Tall Ships”
Palm Sunday
St. Paul’s Cathedral is in the dense heart of the City of London, but since 2000 there has been a bracingly open way to approach it: along the Thames in one of the river buses, then, from the Globe Theatre on the south bank, across the Millennium Footbridge.