SIXTY MINUTES IN AN HOUR
Sixty minutes in an hour. We take it for granted, but why are there sixty minutes in an hour? Is it a fact of nature, …
CLAUDE MYTHOS PREVIEW
“On April 7, 2026, the artificial intelligence company Anthropic announced that it was releasing the newest generation of its large language model, dubbed “Claude Mythos …
FIVE STRATEGIC KEYS
“Five strategic keys lock up the world”. That was a statement from Sir Jacky Fisher, a Victorian admiral, spoken over a century ago. He cited …
POTHOLES
My favourite “Pothole Watcher”, Stephen, just sent me an update on one of the world’s most persistent irritations. As a follow-up to his report, I …
HOPE
I think it’s about time the Democrats stopped hoping against hope that Donald Trump will not impede their takeover of the House of Representatives, and …
NO
I had never heard this true story, which is about one man saying “NO” during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis and, literally, saving the world. …
IAIN DOUGLAS-HAMILTON
You might not expect that the grandson of a Scottish duke, and the son of a World War II Spitfire pilot, would become the lead …
MARITIME LIONS
In Namibia, a group of desert lions have left their traditional hunting grounds for the Atlantic coast, to become the world’s only maritime lions. One …
ADVENTUROUS TRAIN JOURNEYS
This article, “Adventurous Train Journeys” captured my imagination as a definite Bucket List. I have divided it into several blogs so as not to take …
CONSPIRACY AND CLOUD-SEEDING
Conspiracy and cloud-seeding: I am writing this blog as a reminder of the negative effect that conspiracy theorists in the United States have on science, …