Category Archives: Science

BBC News – Vodka ‘saved’ elephants in Siberian freeze

My company is ElephantPM and here is some elephant orientated physics. Vodka ‘saved’ elephants in Siberian freeze via BBC News – Vodka ‘saved’ elephants in Siberian freeze. In this article the BBC journalist alleges that the elephants’ owners did wrong … Continue reading

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How to sail faster than the wind

The BBC has a great video of the Sailrocket’s world record beating run where it went over 50 knots. Interestingly the wind was only 27 knots, so how was it done? The physicist in me was intrigued. First, let us … Continue reading

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See heavenly bodies tonight (free)

If you go outside tonight at about eight o’clock you should be able to see four heavenly bodies. In the East you will see the full Moon and to its left you should see an orange dot that is Mars. … Continue reading

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BBC News – Canadian government is ‘muzzling its scientists’

More worthy of Stalin than Trudeau The Canadian government has been accused of “muzzling” its scientists. via BBC News – Canadian government is ‘muzzling its scientists’.

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Nasa find flowing water on Mars

My first career was as a physicist and so in this blog I shall sometimes look above the clouds (geddit?!) to the heavens. This is a wonderful use of both high-resolution imagery and You Tube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tbJ1rUBO34

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