Beauty in Strange Places

Beauty in Strange Places

There is beauty in strange places. An ordinary life can leave traces of us that gather into something oddly appealing. Something more than the sum of its parts. Those of you who live near the sea…
Random Noise #14 : Colorless Green Syntax

Random Noise #14 : Colorless Green Syntax

Random Noise #14 : Colorless Green Syntax Formal grammar is heavily based in syntax.  It is possible to generate sentences by using word lists and rules in a computer program, but the output…
Daisyworld And Your New White Roof

Daisyworld And Your New White Roof

At the opening of last week’s Nobel Laureate symposium, US Energy Secretary Steven Chu endorsed a low-tech tool to keep climate change at bay: white paint.  According to Chu’s colleague Art…
EU legislates (again!)

EU legislates (again!)

An indignant letter in this month's Chemistry World has drawn my attention to a forthcoming ban on the use of dichloromethane, except by the most professional of professionals. EU sidesteps Reach to…