Science on Sunday
This week, I started counting steps as part of my ongoing attempts to recover my fitness after a partial foot amputation several years ago. Needless to say it’s been a long process, but I finally feel able to put my best foot forward (pun intended!) and measure my walking. So far, I’ve managed about 7000 […]
Science on Sunday
Our winter weather seemed to be on its way out, but this week we’ve had the “fun” of more snow and freezing temperatures. When will it end? My garage door is finally here, but the installers can’t put it in until I can move my car out of the garage. And I can’t move the […]
Sparks of imagination
When I was young, probably around the age of thirteen or fourteen (far too many years back to be comfortable to admit!), I had the chance to see 2001; A Space Odyssey for the first time. I’d already read the Arthur C. Clarke novel and read about the making of the movie in various sci-fi […]
Memories Of A Misspent Youth
I’ve mentioned before that one of my earliest memories was being allowed to watch the first moon landing, and how it inspired me to take on science and technical subjects at school. Well, recently I’ve been doing some research on spacesuits (more on that later), and a memory flitted up from the depths about some […]