460 years after his birth, always worth seeing this Shakespeare infographic again… 🥧

In 1951, Adelbert Ames created the mind-boggling ‘Ames Window’. It’s so effective that even when you know how it works you can’t break the illusion

[📹 The Curiosity Show]

For those hitting the ocean and waves this summer.
This is really simple. You can spot a rip current. Unfortunately, it's where it looks easiest and safest to enter the sea. This is because the rip current is looping around and pulling back OUT. Hence no waves rolling IN. NEVER…

The perfect genomics method name doesn't exi...

Tricky @RounhouseLDN 🎶

#outonaschoolnight

And here is the story in a single chart 👇
Official UK customs data showing how British car exports to Russia dropped to zero after the imposition of sanctions... followed by a spontaneous and mysterious increase in car exports to Russia's neighbour, Azerbaijan...

Vernon Bainton Havas Lynx

Map of every city in Europe.

'All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to the corruptible.'

- Frank Herbert, Dune

Worth remembering as we grapple with using Gen AI

In the last interview of his life (1996), astronomer Carl Sagan gave an eerily prescient warning of the dangers that come when you cannot ask skeptical scientific questions of those in authority. Watch and ask yourself: was he right?

Isaac Asimov explains his three laws of robotics in this 1965 BBC Horizons programme ✍️

Today is INTERNATIONAL LEGO DAY. To celebrate, we have a collection of classic movies recreated with the iconic toy, with the creators too…

First up, 2001: A Space Odyssey by Ladondorf

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A study shows the real-world impact of vaccines against the human papillomavirus: Scotland has detected no cases of cervical cancer in women born between 1988-1996 who were fully vaccinated against HPV between the ages of 12 and 13. statnews.com/2024/01/25/hpv…

Beautiful frosty morning. Off to the airport - working from the US next week

The cruelty of modern day farm raised haggis.
Always ask for organic wild caught haggis if you can find it.

The best cure for loneliness is not more frequent interaction. It's more meaningful interaction.

Many people enjoy solitude. They can spend up to ~75% of their time alone without feeling isolated.

What matters most for well-being is the quality of connections, not the quantity.