Category: research

  • Falling off

    On 12 June this year (2024), I fell off my bicycle. This essay is about why I fell off and what I should have done to avoid long-term serious injury....

    By Reflection, research

  • silhouettes

    8:30 AM, January in Aberdeen: the brightest stars are still clearly visible, the eastern sky red and black with long strings of clouds torn to tatters from their long journey...

    By Fomenting, natural history, people, research

  • Spotted.

    In response to a survey of UK projects in Second Life I sent in a brief blurb about Emptiness Hall and I’m delighted to see that we merited a mention...

    By Buddhism, research, Virtuality

  • What did Chief Seattle say?

    In pursuit of historical veracity I came across extracts from F.J. Grant’s report (pp. 433-6 of his History of Seattle, Washington) of the speech of Chief Sealth—as translated from someone...

    By people, research

  • Bats in motion

    This morning’s trawl of news items about bats turned up a wonderful article in Science News reporting on work by T Kunz on how bats use their wings to move....

    By animals, glaikit, natural history, research