Virginia Stocks

Hurray, my mystery flowers have been identified. As part of the What on Earth project I decided to upload a photo of these really cute flowers we grew last year. The aim is:
to get as many people across the country to go outside into their parks and gardens, to take photos of the plants and creatures [...]

National Science and Engineering Week

Hurray it’s almost time for the National Science and Engineering Week again. From March 12th until March 21st the University of Sheffield has once again teamed up with Sheffield Hallam University, local schools, industry, commerce and museums throughout South Yorkshire to celebrate the best in British research and innovation.
This year’s theme is Earth in support of [...]

Out with the old and in with the new…

I’m not much of a New Year’s Resolution type person but last year I did write a list of 25 things I wanted to do in 2009. I thought it’d be worth going over what I did and didn’t do ready to prepare a new list of 26 things I want to do in 2010. [...]

Happy Macworld Week

Today kicks off Macworld 2009, IDG’s annual Apple trade show and conference platform, but without Steve Jobs and any future participation from Apple (after 24 years) concern for the conference and expo’s future has overtaken the fruitful announcement rumour mill. This year Apple’s keynote is to be delivered by Senior Vice President of Product Marketing, [...]

The Great Debate

Science versus Religion or evidence versus faith is one of our age old great debates that, whichever way you look at it affects everyone, everyday. A report published this week in Nature Nanotechnology from The University of Wisconsin’s Department of Life Sciences Communication investigates religious and cultural attitudes towards nanotechnology and finds that ‘when it [...]