September 2010
1 post
New Blog
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August 2010
8 posts
Vintage England in the Indian Mountains
If you want to experience some old world English charm abroad, then Ooty in India is the place for you. High up in the hills of Tamil Nadu, Ooty (or Snooty as it’s known by the Indians) was the summer holiday home of many of us Brits back in the days of the Raj.
Surrounded by rolling Tea Plantations, Ooty might be considered a retro getaway as it has a very 1920’s tea party charm about it. ...
Brunel, brilliant but a bit of a Chancer.
By 2012 the planet will see the largest and most futuristic arch bridge ever to be built. Dubai’s 6th bridge crossing is designed to improve transport links to the centre of the city and is vital to support the growing needs of a booming city.
What you may not know is that this incredibly ambitious design would never have been possible without the Grand-daddy of engineering, Isambard Kingdom...
July 2010
16 posts
How Intuition (or thin-slicing) might be useful in...
Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
1. What is “Blink” about?
It’s a book about rapid cognition, about the kind of thinking that happens in a blink of an eye….You could also say that it’s a book about intuition, except that I don’t like that word. In fact it never appears in “Blink.” Intuition strikes me as a concept we use to describe emotional reactions, gut...
Is Science Sexist?
It is with some trepidation that I put fingers to keyboard to write this blog. I raised the topic with my Literary Agent about a possible book and he said, ‘you can write what you want but make sure you don’t come across as a ranting feminist.’ Oh dear, not a good start! So if I say that it has come to my attention that science and more specifically the process of scientific research is very...
Sex ID. Find out how your mind works. →
Some researcher say that men can have ‘women’s’ brains and that women can think more like men. Find out more about ‘brain sex’difference by taking the Sex ID test.
“There is only one thing worse than coming home from the lab to a sink full of...”
– Chien Shiung Wu (1912 – 97)
Radio 4 Podcast: In Our Time – Gender...
“Women often have a different/uncoventional approach to science that is not...”
– Dr. Peggy Rismiller
“Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer from poor people in rich countries to...”
– Douglas ‘Doug’ Casey
Mules are more useful than cars.
Ever since I started my research in using technology for international development, I’ve had a constant nagging feeling that maybe I shouldn’t interfere in things I don’t fully understand - although I continue to do so.
I’ve spent a considerable amount of my life living in the African bundu. I’ve slept in flea ridden mud huts, hidden from African killer bee’s (yes they do exist), clashed...
Debate on Effectiveness of Foreign Aid →
“King Uther Pendragon: You’ve tricked me, Merlin.
Merlin: Come, come Uther. I am...”
Merlin was a Blacksmith, actually
I have just been asked to audition for an American series that hunts down ancient relics in an Indiana Jones style global adventure. ‘This is not serious science,’ I say to myself with a humph. But after climbing down from my academic high horse, I start to have a bit of a think about it.
Excalibur is a legendary story of a mystical relic. It’s a story from our past with King Arthur and his...
