This is not an article about passwords, even though that is what it looks like. Remember it is Friday and after a week of cyber security news we always try to ease you into the weekend with something lighter. Today more Professor Hannah Fry… Honestly I was looking for something …
Because It’s Friday – Practical advice for once!
Our son and the recent heatwave have chosen this week’s “Because It’s Friday“. Here is Professor Hannah Fry, for once using her PhD in a YouTube short, to show us all how to cool our cars. No maths though – fluid dynamics. I am hoping this good weather continues – …
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Because It’s Friday – The Devil’s organ pipes
I have something from our son today for “Because It’s Friday” and for the occasional maths series. Although the maths is just a diagram at the end, I would call this a maths professor being a geologist. Just one this week, I am in Bradford at a conference. Have a …
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Because It’s Friday – The Exoplanet Question?
For this week’s “Because It’s Friday” I have three different views on alien life and exoplanets. Exoplanets First what is an exoplanet? Here is NASA’s extensive and excellent explanation: Exoplanets – NASA Science Oliver Swainston and Chris Carter, researchers at RAND Europe, have written an article for The Conversation, discussing …
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Because It’s Friday – Dippy
I have seen “Bedknobs and Broomsticks” so for this week’s “Because It’s Friday” let’s look at the star of the movie – Dippy. Why Dippy the dinosaur remains beloved, 120 years after arriving at the Natural History Museum I can remember seeing Dippy on my first school trip to the …
