Hubble may be looking further than before but we live on a world with a water across most of its surface, much of which remains unexplored. I’m a great fan of conservation and the great work done by zoos and aquariums around the world, but I am smiling today as we Sea World will no longer […]
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When it comes to unusual pilots my favourite is usually Iron Maiden front man Bruce Dickinson. However, today I’m turning my attention to a historic flight as a completely female flight crew land in Saudi Arabia. In fighting the Patriarchy/Kyriarchy that’s messing us all up we’ve still got a long way to go, but it’s […]
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The NFL admitting the link between American Football & CTE is progress, and I’ll likely be doing a follow-up to my article In Defence of American Football, looking at some of the research being done in Ice-Hockey and Rugby. However, the fact that the Oldest Human Genome has been Sequenced and the biological motors and wheels that […]
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Today’s news seems to be all about breaking barriers, whether it’s – In a School in Jerusalem Tackling Transgender inequality in Wales On the Athletics Track And in once case, the barrier between man and machine So if Monday Blue’s are getting you down, check out these positive news stories and breakdown some walls of […]
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An amazing days for discoveries, from even more medical applications for Stem Cells, through to new species around the world. The eye regeneration thing is amazing, especially as someone who wears glasses, but a Surfing Spider called Brian has definitely got me grinning. Hope you all find some amazing stories around you today. 🙂 Stem Cell […]
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Backing my family today, so enjoy. Can’t wait to see my kids take their first steps, so hearing about a paralysed man making progress to getting back on his feet is particularly inspiring. Paralysed Man can now Ride Bike 99 Million-Year-Old Lizard Amber Fossil gives amazing Insight into Lost World Ghost-Like Octopod Discovered SpaceX Falcon […]
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While not hitting the front page it’s great to see the BBC promoting Body Positive stories. As I’ve said from the start, the positive news is out there and it deserves a higher profile. Not just heart warming human interest stories but the one’s that get shoved down the list of priorities. So here’s to […]
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While the news about Facebook putting in tools to help prevent suicides makes me smile the most interesting post has to be about Operation War Diary. The project saw a huge collaboration between volunteers and historians to help give fresh insight into life in the front-line of World War One and painting a very different […]
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Apologies for today’s Reasons to be Cheerful being so late, and to be fair I cannot make any promises about Tuesday’s news as tomorrow I become a parent and take a massive step into the deep end of life. So wish me luck. However, I am gladdened by the HUGE weight of great stories from the weekend. […]
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Perhaps the most unusual bit of news is the solving of the Undersea Purple Sock mystery. With so much of the deep ocean yet to be explored a single undersea creature had foxed scientific attempts to classify it, however with the recent discovery of 4 other examples we now have a glimpse of a remarkably […]
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Travels of a Silicon Nomad 