Bristling Badger

The investment bank Morgan Stanley is planning to build a massive 'data centre' (big building full of computer servers) in the nort...

My last post considered the idea of a socially acceptable killing-to-fun ratio for various activities, especially cars. John B's post ...

Last summer, in what may or may not have been called Operation Fish-Barrel, police were on the southbound M5 looking for cars going to Glast...

as aviation minister, I learned two lessons about the aviation industry. First, its demands are insatiable; secondly, successive Governments...

Last month I went to a Cafe Scientifique talk by Dr Alan Gadian. He's part of a team with Mike Smith at the University of Leeds and Jo...

'Geoengineering' is the term for vast schemes that alter the earth's natural systems. There are a load of them being suggested a...

In addition to Tales To Tell , the blog from Gaza mentioned in my previous post , there's another blog done by an International Solidari...

Some thoughts on the Israeli action against Gaza. Firstly, the defence used by Hamas and their supporters that the rockets fired into Israel...

Here comes New Year's Eve, traditionally a night of going on a hell of a bender. If, like me, you periodically find yourself having be...

As you will, in all likelihood, have buttered your own parsnips for your festive roast dinner, the non-buttering facility of fine words is n...