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, …
BRAKE DUST
Brake dust and tyre wear are significant sources of pollutants. Not the most exciting topic for a blog, but important from our health point of …
VERA RUBIN OBSERVATORY
The new Vera Rubin Observatory telescope will double the amount of data collected so far by every other instrument in the history of optical astronomy …
WATER
I have often thought that the next world war will be fought over water. Not territory, nuclear arms, dominant economies, exploitation of space, Antarctica or …