Bringing up nerdy
The leaving certificate results came out with a crisis. Too many people are not choosing honours maths. The CAO / CAS results came out with a crisis. Too few people are choosing science and engineering...
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…”the death of a star and how that throws elements out in to space, and how those elements are the same ones that you and I are made of. So we are all the children of stars.”…” Or there is another less...
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Speed dial
What was the favourite invention from your childhood? asks Mr Mulley… and I’m going to be a little strict and look at things released during my life time… Why lifetime and not childhood… well… I...
View ArticleWhat I want
Well you can never be too rich or have too much data? And today’s Science Week question is What invention do you want to see most in the future? I’m sure that there will be flights of fancy, but I want...
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Today’s Science Week question is “In your opinion what was the best invention in 2007″. I’ve been looking in to this, partly to see what exactly was invented in 2007. The US Patent search revealed a...
View ArticleWhat teachers should make
I’m sort of on an education buzz a the moment (as I try to inhale manuals again, mashup camp has me hitting the books) which following the Science Week posts make sense. So congratulations Kevin...
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The internet is based on unintended and uncertain consequences. And that’s in its design. Now I’m not talking about how the web escaped from the really useful tool in CERN. I’m not talking about how...
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Control a Mars Rover at home
Its just a sim (for now) but NASA have released a downloadable XBox 360 Kinect game where you can control the Curiosity Rover on the surface of Mars by waving your hands around. OK its a bit more than...
View ArticleStars in the sky
Patrick Moore wasn’t just a man, but an institution. For a few generations in the UK an Ireland, if you was “astronomer” its his face and voice that come to mind. Odd, eccentric, passionate about...
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The LBC topic this week is online shopping, and this isn't about online shopping, but metamathematical analysis and predications to the London riots and looting which took place in 2011. Hannah Fry...
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