Unfolding plans 68 – I’m really really looking forward to #TDC15

Next week I will be attending Thinking Digital 2015, one of the leading events in the North East digital calendar.  I’m not sure if this is the third time or the fourth that I have been.  It doesn’t matter because they are great events and I take so much away from them.  They are an … Continue reading Unfolding plans 68 – I’m really really looking forward to #TDC15

Things to think about when making species un-extinct No.3

In two previous pieces I raised the topic of bringing extinct species back to life, making such things as Tasmanian Tigers and Gastric Brooding Frogs un-extinct through DNA sequencing and clever artificial fertilisation techniques.  Outside of any ethical and difficulty questions there were a few points that I thought were worth thinking about. The first … Continue reading Things to think about when making species un-extinct No.3

Meteorite fever

On the 15th February 2013 a previously unknown asteroid entered the earth’s atmosphere and some seventeen seconds later exploded over the Russian city of Chelyabinsk situated just east of the Ural Mountains, in the aptly named Oblast region.   No bigger than a small block of flats and weighing the equivalent of seven million bags of … Continue reading Meteorite fever