Electric Car Drivers ‘More Thoughtful’

Apr 242012
 
 April 24, 2012  Posted by at 10:55 All psychology is amateur, The science of Machiavelli Id , , , , , ,  No Responses »
Electric Car Drivers 'More Thoughtful'

This is a guest post by Robert Taylor.   Researchers at Newcastle University say electric vehicle drivers report feeling less stressed, calmer and more in control of their electric car. In addition, electric vehicles were found to emit less than half of the carbon dioxide produced by conventional combustion engine cars and grid energy is increasingly being generated by greener renewable sources. Walking slowly helps reaching the destination Despite the environmental benefits of electric vehicles however, their take-up remains slow. The government has an incentive package – the plug-in car grant – which gives customers up to £5,000 towards the [...]

New Graze Food: Pears (Get A Free Snack Box!)

Apr 212012
 
 April 21, 2012  Posted by at 10:38 Eating with Machiavelli Id , , , ,  No Responses »
New Graze Food: Pears (Get A Free Snack Box!)

The new Graze.com snacks with dried pear are fantastic! And you can get your own box for free if you haven’t tried them yet.

Suburban Nature Spotting: Bluebells

Apr 122012
 
 April 12, 2012  Posted by at 18:05 Crash Test Baby, The adventures of Machiavelli Id , , , ,  No Responses »
Suburban Nature Spotting: Bluebells

Mini-MI and I found these classic Easter-time flowers just down the path among the council flats. Bluebell season is one of my favourite times of year. They grow better in the woods, though. Someone may well now show up and inform me that those aren’t bluebells. I don’t know if they officially are or not, but they look close enough for me, even if they’re actually something else. Want to grow your own bluebells? You can buy bluebell seeds online and plant them somewhere with a good amount of shade. They smell nice, and insects like them so you might [...]

What’s Easter Really About? Fire, Sex and Food (and Astronomy)

Apr 082012
 
 April 8, 2012  Posted by at 10:00 All psychology is amateur, The science of Machiavelli Id , , , , , , , ,  No Responses »
What's Easter Really About? Fire, Sex and Food (and Astronomy)

Easter: if you ask me, it’s about fire, sex and food. Isn’t everything? We’re the ones who left the cave empty, but we brought all our primal baggage out with us.

Beautiful Physics: Black Hole Montage [Video]

Apr 062012
 
 April 6, 2012  Posted by at 21:25 Crash Test Baby, The science of Machiavelli Id , , , , , ,  1 Response »
Beautiful Physics: Black Hole Montage [Video]

This. is. awesome.  7 minutes of black hole formation animations, interacting galaxies, pulsars, and other pretty things. With a Chemical Brothers soundtrack. Forget the old Red Dwarf joke about black holes in space; there’s a lot to see and it’s beautiful to watch. Mini-MI loved it, so I’ll ask the 4nim4l to add it to her bedtime playlist.

Malaria No More: Dream Big for Africa

Feb 032012
 
 February 3, 2012  Posted by at 15:11 The science of Machiavelli Id , , , ,  No Responses »
Malaria No More: Dream Big for Africa

Text DREAM to 85944 to donate $10 to Malaria No More and be entered to win a trip to Africa with NBC Smash star Katharine McPhee. Read the full details at http://www.malarianomore.org/Dream. Malaria No More is a charity working to end the suffering and deaths caused by malaria – an illness that’s both easy to prevent and relatively easy to cure, as long as there is access to information, diagnosis and treatment. Malaria kills hundreds of thousands of people every year in Africa. As part of the global Roll Back Malaria Partnership, Malaria No More aims to bring the death rate from [...]

First Signs of Spring [Photo]

Feb 022012
 
 February 2, 2012  Posted by at 16:04 Crash Test Baby, The science of Machiavelli Id , , , ,  No Responses »
First Signs of Spring [Photo]

We found little flowers blooming over the road on our long walk yesterday. Despite the current cold snap [do you see how many layers Mini-MI's wrapped in?] the plants have decided it’s sunny enough to get growing. Spose they know best. Related articles Look to nature for early signs of spring (guardian.co.uk)

Parents Who Hid Child’s Gender for Five Years Now Face Backlash

Jan 292012
 
 January 29, 2012  Posted by at 19:52 All psychology is amateur, Crash Test Baby , , , , , ,  No Responses »
Parents Who Hid Child's Gender for Five Years Now Face Backlash

This is one of the daftest things I’ve ever heard. As if having a yellow bedroom and wearing what you like could somehow psychologically damage a kid! In fact, the yellow bedroom was probably the most traumatic thing about it. Essentially, a somewhat eccentric  British couple had a baby, named him Sasha, and kept his gender a secret from most people. When he started primary school, they thought it’d be best to tell people his gender. Everyone made a big fuss about it, not really clear why. All I can say is that sex and gender aren’t quite the same [...]

Graze: snacks delivered to your door [get a box free!]

Jan 022012
 
 January 2, 2012  Posted by at 13:37 Eating with Machiavelli Id , , , ,  No Responses »
Graze: snacks delivered to your door [get a box free!]

This is how bourgeois I’ve become. These snack boxes are nifty! You give them your info via their website & tell them which of their snacks you like the sound of; they pack a selection in a recycled cardboard box and post it to you. All the snacks in your box are listed on a little leaflet with ingredients (fairtrade, organic & so on), some nutritional health info, calorie counts (often lower than a slice of buttered toast), etc. It’s ace. Get a Free Graze Box I got a voucher code for a free Graze box [thanks, Ocado], and then [...]

Science Says: Santa’s Reindeer Probably Girls

Dec 242011
 
 December 24, 2011  Posted by at 21:19 Crash Test Baby, The science of Machiavelli Id , , , , ,  No Responses »
Science Says: Santa's Reindeer Probably Girls

Just had a text from Vix asking me whether Santa’s reindeer are boys or girls so that she can answer the question posed in her 7 year old daughter’s note left out for the Fat Man. The answer, fact fiends, is this: Most male reindeer tend to lose their antlers by early December, so there’s a good chance that the majority of Santa’s reindeer are female. We should probably have guessed this from their ability to take Christmas multi-tasking to an entirely new quantum level in delivering all those presents in one night. I am knackered and going to collapse [...]

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