The first journey on the London Underground (or the Tube as we affectionately call it) was made 150 years ago, on 9 January 1863. Since then, the iconic transport system has become one with London… Read More »The London Underground: 150th Anniversary
A couple of years ago I had a look at the state of the TIOBE index that ranks the most popular programming languages. So has C# finally dethrone C++ as THE language of the year?… Read More »Programming Language Index – version 2013
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 4,329 films were submitted to the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. This blog had 24,000 views in 2012. If each… Read More »2012 in review at the Quantum Tunnel blog – Happy 2013
Solar energy currently provides only a quarter of a percent of the planet’s electricity supply, but the industry is growing at staggering speed. Underlying this growth is a phenomenon that solar’s supporters call Swanson’s law,… Read More »The Swanson Effect
You are getting ready for the New Year’s party and cannot help to use a mirror to check that all is spot on. The tie is straight, the hair is tamed, the shoes are polished… Read More »Mirror mirror, right and left, up and down
I know that strictly speaking there should not be an entry for December 25th in the Sci-advent, but to tell you the truth I could not help myself and decided to do one more.… Read More »Parthenogenesis – Sci-advent…
All known living organisms have their genetic information encoded in a molecule called deoxyribonucleic acid or DNA. Genetic information is encoded as a sequence of four nucleotides: guanine (G), adenine (A), thymine (T), and cytosine… Read More »Chromosomes – Sci-advent – Day 23
Element 22 was named after the Titans – sons of the Earth – in Greek mythology. Titanium was discovered by William Gregor in 1791 in Cornwall, England and it is the ninth most abundant element… Read More »Element 22: Titanium – Sci-advent – Day 22
