Z-Planning has always been a source of amusement to our governments. They claim to take it as a bit of a joke, or issue tongue-in-cheek blogs on how to stay safe during the Zombie Apocalypse. In all seriousness, though, the American government has many layers of protection that would usually ensure we remain zombie free.
Thanks to the government shutdown, these layers of protection are rapidly eroding. Read the rest of this entry »
Traditional legal garb has been an iconic part of the law for centuries. It may seem these days that Judges and barristers look ridiculously outdated in their long gowns and curled wigs. This began long ago, due to nits.
It doesn’t matter how careful you are to always keep your socks together in pairs – inevitably you will find yourself hanging up the washing one day, get to the bottom of the basket, and be left with odd socks whose match cannot be found.
Those among you in the Great British isles this weekend will probably have some fairly strong opinions about snow. But although the BBC News site is saturated with articles about the effect on life, limb and liberty, there are certain things they won’t have covered. Read the rest of this entry »
Snow is frozen water, and that’s not transparent either. But massive Antarctic glaciers are clear and beautiful. It’s all the same water, so why the difference?
The truth is, not all water is the same.
This follows nicely on from the question “Why is the top half of my tea too hot but the bottom half too cold?”
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You’d think it would be the other way around, wouldn’t you? The top surface steaming away happily, losing all its heat to the air. The bottom half is insulated by your mug, which should mean the last bits are still warm by the time you get to them.
But no.
We’ve all seen power stations… Big hulking beasts on the landscape spewing out fumes from the cooling towers. But if the point of them is to produce energy, why waste it by cooling everything down? Read the rest of this entry »
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