Thank heaven for science. Or thank the enlightened government departments that support it.
Ants infesting a sooty tern chick. Continue reading “Scientists and Yellow Crazy Ants”
Category: miscellaneous
Not for the Punters
Five thousandths of a percent
Apple pays five one-thousandths of a percent in taxes.
The Anthropocene epoch has begun
The RAS out under the sun
Picnickers, yesterday, looked out from the Greenwich Observatory (or near it) over the universe (or at any rate over London).
Not a Crime but a Misery-Reliever
Prohibition of alcoholic drinks was attempted in the United States from 1920 to 1933 and was abandoned because it not only failed but caused a huge surge in violent crime and human tragedy.
The War on Drugs was started in 1914 (by an obsessive racist named Harry Anslinger),
Eddington and the angle
I’ve just added this to the “Eclipse Stories” section Continue reading “Eddington and the angle”
Somersaulting toward the Sun
Today the Sun reaches solstitium, Continue reading “Somersaulting toward the Sun”
Nasty Constellations
Slug, Toad, Leech, Spider, Earthworm – these were some of the thirteen constellations Continue reading “Nasty Constellations”
Tocra Pass
I was wondering when someone would ask me what that picture is, Continue reading “Tocra Pass”