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I heard on Radio four this evening that a fusion machine in the USA has managed to produce more energy than was being put into it, for the first time suggesting there is a way to viable clean power....
Is 13.7 Billion Seconds Ago the Year 1588? Current secular concensus for the age of the universe is 13.7 Billion Years. If those years were seconds, would that be 1588? The year of the defeat of the...
Entropy does not fall, so what is wrong with the following: In a google years, most matter, black holes etc. will have evaporated and the Universe will 'soon' become a sea of photons. Although it is...
The good news is that my grandson Max has just phoned to say he has been awarded a first for his MA at Munich (a top-class university of Germany). My problem is, after rejoicing, I really don't know...
discussing this in the pub recently, and a question arose, how much would it cost to mains gas central heating for 1 hour, my bet was £2.76 average three bed house, with a modern combi boiler....
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/nov/30/drug-slows-cognitive-decline-in-alzheimers-patients-study-reveals Sounds exciting! Such a horrible disease, imagine a breakthrough on it to this level...
I heard recently on Radio 4 that on windy days Denmark gets all its electricity from wind generation. I was surprised and impressed. Did I hear right? If so, are you impressed?
When two black holes collide they emit a "squark" of gravitational waves. Why? There is conservation of mass, centre of mass, and angular momentum. I assume that tidal disturbance transfers angular...
I have had a Swiss Army penknife for some years and the blades and other tools attached to it are so very difficult to open, very, very stiff. I have tried oil and WD40 without result. It seems the...
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/nov/05/study-finds-first-evidence-of-link-between-low-serotonin-levels-and-depression but I remember that article saying the opposite just a few months ago:...