This morning, facing up to a three-month cancer check, found myself sitting at the keyboard at 4 a.m., trying to explain to my on-line diary why I was sitting at the keyboard at 4 a.m. Failed miserably. Failed inevitably. Waving my hands in the air as if I might conjure unknown words that everyone couldContinue reading “Three Months Cometh”
Category Archives: Science and Technology
Three Hits For Science
The most interesting week in a long time for science, I think. First, the Austrian Academy of Sciences grow themselves a brain. Not in a jar as sci-fi would have it, but in a spinning bioreactor. The scientists say that this matches ‘closely but not perfectly’ brain development in the first nine weeks of foetalContinue reading “Three Hits For Science”
The Bizarre Truth About Athletes
So here’s something weird I learned recently: elite athletes are generally asymmetric. For some reason, I find this surprising. I always thought that being good at something implied a kind of physical perfection and physical perfection always struck me as meaning you had the same perfect form on both sides. For example, if youContinue reading “The Bizarre Truth About Athletes”
