Well, Wednesday 4th September one group in the Climate Catastrophe Group built their wormery. We are going to look into recycling of food and break down of fruit and vegetables. Worms do create greenhouse gases, but play an important part in maintaining the soil, which has taken a hammering over the last 60 years. Unfortunately...
Read More1st September 2019 and it is the canal festival, which started as Cops on the Canal. It was potentially our 8th visit, but we missed a few, especially last year as we were trapped at the Kelpies. The Police part of the festival is really growing and this year I took some photos in the...
Read MoreI’ve never understood why some teachers give the students a leaf and let them test for starch. How does a green leaf being boiled in water, boiled in ethanol and washed in water before drowning it in brown iodine until it turns black really convince students that green plants make starch? I think a much...
Read MoreI’ve no idea when I last put a post on here, ages ago I’m sure. I’ve one or two in the draft box to complete, but never quite have the time. I’m just sitting back seat of the car wondering what it would be like if everyone possessed hindsight! Do you think it would drive...
Read MoreIt’s mid April, over half way through the holidays and finally we’ve got aboard Mostly Harmless. Bless her, despite a rotten winter it looks like the shower is the only thing to come off badly. So we can’t leave the water pump on. The weather is cold, wet and very windy. Mr and Mrs Physics...
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With the concert hall packed and the embarrassment of not being able to find the ladies, daughter and mum sat down in the Royal Concert Hall Glasgow to hear Col Chris Hadfield. I’d heard him sing in 2005, when he was the lead singer of Max Q, the most elite band as you have to...
Read MoreWell what have you set as your target in this New Year? Lose weight (or mass for a Physicist!), Spend less, exercise more? What about making some different resolutions? Maybe choose something from the list below. You don’t have to make up resolutions on the first of January, what about being different and doing something...
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13th July 2017! Don’t you just love Christmas shopping when you’ve got the time? I am surrounded by wrapping paper and a pile of gifts, I think nearly all of my Christmas shopping is done, just a few last bits to do. It is so much less stressful buying gifts at this time of year...
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Hi Folks, if you’re looking for Space, check the Surprise Physics. There is a section in there! Link to Mrs Physics’ Space Experiences The featured image of is Astronaut Nick Patrick (before he’d completed any missions in space) in the ISS Control Center with some students from the 2005 Scottish Space School. Recognise anyone?
Read MoreGood evening, I didn’t think I would make a comment on this and would leave it for you to read and make a comment yourself. http://tinyurl.com/k7htdx9 Maybe we ought to take note of this.
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Have you been given one? Mr Physics got three over a week ago in his Sainsbury’s change. I am still waiting for one, and lots of people around here are waiting too. Many still haven’t seen the new £1. I am sure there is a Scientific experiment to be carried out into the way the coin is...
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