Subtitle: How the IOP made me feel old! The IOP AGM is coming up soon. As part of the announcement the usual sort of bumph is mailed out, including a list of candidates for various positions. Among those names, standing for “Vice-President, Science & Innovation”, one is quite familiar. Sarah Continue reading …
Radio communications from the landing of Apollo 11 Continue reading
I know London can still be chilly in spring, but a sliver above absolute zero? Think the weather on my phone may have been having issues this afternoon!
My parents, both physicians, were away, and, having the house to myself, I decided to explore the drug cabinet in their surgery on the ground floor for something special to celebrate my thirty-second birthday.
The old cures are the best Continue reading
Via the always wonderful What if? what may be my new favourite silly paper. I can’t help but think there are some fun A-level/undergrad experiments to be had out of that. Come to think of it, I have a staircase, so if I get a slinky…
Time to tread in those footsteps again… (Bonus—one of the great {thankfully} unused speeches)
Good to see the announcement that Newcastle Uni is getting a proper physics department again. It used to have one fifteen years-ago (!) when I graduated. Interesting to see some familiar names on the staff list too 🙂
Watching the Earth fly by Continue reading
A lot of steam yet no trains! Continue reading