One of the interesting creatures that I learned about when I attended Christopher Lloyd’s lecture at the Royal Institution was the slime mould. He explained how individual pieces joined together to find the quickest, most efficient way through a maze to reach food that had been placed at the entrances. Over at the BBC I [...]
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The Dreaded…
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For some reason the server where my blog is hosted decided to stop working on Friday for the second time in 6 weeks! My service provider advise that they provide 24/7 customer support, but I have [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Sep 14th 2009
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Artificial Brain
Recently James blogged about the male brain which inevitably led to a discussion on whether or not there is a difference between male and female brains. Very soon we may have another type of brain to worry about because scientists are currently working on trying to build an artificial brain.
Henry Markram, director of the Blue [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Jul 25th 2009
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The Day of Two Regional Meetings
The day started off well, I got up in plenty of time which is unusual for me. I was ready far too soon but decided to walk down to the station early to get cash and pay some money in at the bank.
It turns out that was the right decision because there was a bit [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Jul 23rd 2009
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PhotoHunt – Walking
When I visited Jodrell bank over the Easter weekend there was a lovely walkway around the radio telescope and as you can see it was a lovely day to take a walk.
Wishing you all a lovely bank holiday weekend
For more of this weeks PhotoHunt pictures check out tnchick.
31 Comments CherryPie on May 1st 2009
