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Into Great Science | Solar Flares

Aug 3, 2010

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Very interesting report today in the Telegraph that NASA have detected a large solar flare erupting from the sun – which is likely to cause some spectacular displays of the northern and southern lights. These ‘coronal mass injections’ are actually a source of immense worry for disaster planners, as the largest eruption could result in…

Normal Person + Web Anonymity + Audience = Idiot

Jul 15, 2010

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in Arts, Blogs | Social Networks | New Media, Science, Technology

Interesting piece in The Independent about the battle over the right to remain anonymous online – especially as waged in World of Warcraft recently. That’s not a world I have ever ventured into, but many many have, and, as Rhodri Marsden sets out: Female players were particularly concerned, very aware that revealing their gender could invite…

The Varieties of Religious Experience | In Our Time

Jun 29, 2010

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in Arts, Education, Emerging Church, Philosophy, Science, Theology

I’ve said it many times here before, but if you haven’t already tuned in to Radio 4’s ‘In Our Time‘ archive on your iTunes, then you’re seriously missing out. Listening to it I’m always reminded of the great quote in Good Will Hunting where Will quips to a Harvard student: you wasted $150,000 on an…

Hooked on Gadgets | Surfing the Net or the Net Serfing Us?

Jun 9, 2010

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in Apple, Blogs | Social Networks | New Media, Emerging Church, Philosophy, Science, Technology, Theology

An excellent article in the New York Times the other day – ‘Hooked on Gadgets and Paying a Mental Price‘ – which explores the mental and relational cost of screen-addiction, plotting the story of one family who are all, in their own way, too hooked on gadgets: Mr. Campbell continues to struggle with the effects…

SuiciPad | Expensive Machines Made by Cheap People

May 27, 2010

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The iPad goes on sale in the UK tomorrow, and there will doubtless be countless smug faces like the one above, leaving Apple stores with new devices that will enhance their lives and make everything go so smoothly and swimmingly. So spare a thought for the exhausted workers who make these devices for us in…

Cyborgs Catching Colds | Viral Infection | In Praise of Evolution

May 26, 2010

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An interesting story today about a scientist who implanted a microchip in his hand, which he then deliberately infected with a computer virus. He uses the chip to open doors and activate his mobile phone (weirdly, as his biological hand might seem the best tool to do that) but has now shown that his infected…

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