Category: Science
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Heat Pump, Take Three
Radiators filled. System pressurised. And action! It was almost destined not to happen, but after months of pain, disruption, and switching companies, the air source heat pump (ASHP for those in the know, or if you want to be pretentious) installation is finally happening. Octopus Energy is the force behind it, and they have been…
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Liverpool…Not just a Pond Full of Viscera
On the road (rails) again. I’ve been travelling again, but this time within the confines of the country and within unreliable public transportation distance, at the home of the Beatles. This is my second trip to Liverpool and first for business. I was at the joint meeting of the British Division of the International Association…
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Destination Disney (and musings on coronavirus)
Traveling is becoming more fraught in the peri-pandemic days of coronavirus. Italy has seen the most impact of COVID-19 (the clinical syndrome caused by the novel coronavirus) in Europe to date, though cases have reached the UK and Republic of Ireland. More people were at the airport than I had expected, and it was business…
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Litvinenko and a Terrible Cup of Tea
Litvinenko and a Terrible Cup of Tea The assassination of Alexander Litvinenko was huge news back in 2006, and guess what, it’s back in the headlines again! A UK public inquiry into the former Russian spy’s death revealed what we expected – that he was probably killed on the orders of the one and only Vladimir…
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Growing Old is Getting Old: Why we age and immortality
The fountain of youth Throughout human history, ageing – and its inescapable companion, death – has fascinated mankind. From the very moment we are able to comprehend we are alive, we are simultaneously faced with the fact that our destiny is to age and die… Is that a bit too dark for the opening of…
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