It is a while since I have written about passwords – although I did do a deep dive into them and produced this Back-to-Basics primer: Most people would have got the message, by now, that a password has to be complex. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has an opinion …
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 – Snow!
Following the “wonderful” weather over the Bank Holiday weekend I thought this video explainer from xkcd would be perfect for today’s “Because It’s Friday“. If that is a little cold for you, then what about a hot sandwich? Have a good weekend. Clive Photo by Egor Kamelev
Because It’s Friday – Altitude and Aliens
I have two space things for today’s “Because It’s Friday“. Ian Whittaker, a Senior Lecturer in Physics at Nottingham Trent University has written an interesting article on extra terrestrial life and how it may be detected. Indicators of alien life may have been found – astrophysicist explains what the new …
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Because It’s Friday – What is a planet?
Here is NASA’s answer for “what is a planet?”. What is a Planet? – NASA But because it’s Friday, it is much more fun is to see what Randall Munroe does, when asked “what is a planet?”‘ xkcd: Planet Definitions Something Extra Marks and Spencer are in the middle of …
