McCabism

Let's take a look at how semiconductor diodes are used to detect ionising radiation. Within an inorganic solid, the atoms are typically ...

Inspired by some ideas from Shahn Majid and Michael Heller, I've just written a new paper, ' The Duality of the Universe '. Usin...

Next week I'm attending a symposium at the Royal Society on the origin of time and the universe, in honour of Michael Heller's 2008 ...

The best place to go this Spring is the A34 around Tot Hill Services. No, really. At this time of year, this otherwise moribund dual carriag...

If you turned onto Virgin Radio for more than half-an-hour or so in 1997 or 1998, the chances are that you would've heard Don't Spe...

The indefatigable Bryan Appleyard rightly criticises Michio Kaku's latest book, Physics of the Impossible , for its naive technophilic ...

Last night I travelled via about 400 sets of traffic lights along the A4 to the Oracle Centre, in Reading, to see The Orphanage . Almost eve...

Holy crap! Snow in April! That hasn't happened since the last time it happened.

There are many people I've met and known in my life, who I expect I will never meet again. Placed in its full context, this is an odd th...

South African Jody Scheckter is perhaps best-known as the 1979 Formula 1 World Champion, and the winner of World Superstars in 1981. He is...

Those seeking to understand the ultimate root cause of the debacle at Heathrow's Terminal 5 this week, might perhaps wish to consult B...