Where Was the Last Place Discovered on Earth?
The remarkable history of human discovery and a curious fact regarding Uranus and Antarctica. [youtube=://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfLVYr38D0Q&w=480&h=270]
Dr Helen Czerski on life in isolation (and a champagne tip) | Fully Charged
I saw Dr. Helen Czerski speak in Auckland, back in 2017, and in this video she shares things learnt about living in isolation doing oceanic research. Back then her presentation was mostly about her research studying the oceanic/atmospheric interface and how that influences climate. However it also included some
About Grocery washing | COVID-19
I’m reluctant to comment on the recent much shared YouTube showing how to wash your groceries, but happy to share this from someone is qualified to comment: From Twitter Thread: https://twitter.com/bugcounter/status/1243319180851580929 By Don Schaffner @bugcounter https://foodsci.rutgers.edu/schaffner/ Dr. Donald W. Schaffner
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The Pencil and the Battery Electric Vehicle
Had a chance, and interesting, coincidence today in my podcast playlist. Pocket Casts has my favourite podcasts set to auto-download and add themselves to ‘Play next’. Two episodes were ready to play when I left for the morning commute. The power of graphite; in pencils First up a new
The Vaccination Chronicles: if only
Given the recent, unnecessary, measles outbreak in New Zealand I think Richard Saunders documentary deserves more coverage. It was made in, and references, Australia but the message is universal: “The Vaccination Chronicles: if only” can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTprFOmIjIg, and permission is given for
Antarctic Mission–A travel itinerary of movie soundtracks and a podcast hero?
My unconventional travel planning method...
Just a bit less of me
A “The Conversation” tweet about weight loss caught my eye yesterday. I know, thanks to an old blog post, in November 2006 I weighed 68 kg. I also know, thanks to another old blog post, I also weighed ~68 kg in 2013 but had been up to 75 kg sometime
Scanning the LHC
Fascinating look at the CERN, European Organisation for Nuclear Research, LHC facility captured by laser scanners: Inside CERN - lidarnews.com “The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is situated 100 meters below ground at CERN and is considered the biggest single machine on the planet. It is also the location of one
Brian Greene only explains The Universe @bgreene @bourdain
Browsing Amazon Prime Video and it seems Physicist Brian Greene needs to lift his game. He’s only explaining The Universe! To be fair Anthony Bourdain explains includes “the best scrambled eggs” and “the perfect steak” which are harder than explaining the Universe.
Don’t give aid, give money, directly
Why giving money, directly, is better than giving aid, from GiveDirectly. They are also one of GiveWells top nine charities for 2017. Here’s the basic story: Source: How to talk about cash like an expert – GiveDirectly
The nuclear geek side of Las Vegas? The National Atomic Testing Museum
Due to flight timing I had Friday, after Autodesk University, in Vegas. After the best part of a week Casino living and ‘The Strip’ it was time for a change. On the way to the US I heard a “The Skeptics Guide to the Universe” podcast which mentioned “The National
You can be a super(bug) hero
A few dollars could change the world, save many lives, and you can help The world is running out of effective antibiotics. In fact, it is one of the greatest threats to health today. For many of us, this means that common infections could once again cause death. A grazed