Terrorists
December 13, 2020•15 words
What's the difference between a brexiteer and a terrorist?
You can negotiate with a terrorist.
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Arecibo
December 4, 2020•107 words
It seems appropriate that the national science foundation of a nation that, 51 years ago, put two humans on the Moon, is now proudly attaching its logo to footage of parts of the scientific infrastructure of the nation collapsing as a result of long-term neglect. What could be done at Arecibo can not be done anywhere now. If, in due course, another installation is built which can do what Arecibo could do, it will almost certainly be at FAST, in China. And Americans will continue to stare at thei...
Read postThe nightmare after Christmas
December 16, 2020•470 words
So, two medical journals, the Health Service Journal and the British Medical Journal, have jointly written an editorial saying that
[...] Rather than lifting restrictions over Christmas as currently planned, the UK should follow the more cautious examples of Germany, Italy and the Netherlands.
[...]
This joint editorial is only the second in the more than 100 year histories of The BMJ and HSJ. We are publishing it because we believe the government is about to blunder into another major error...
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