“Ancient lights” is a colloquialism for the “right to light,” guaranteed under English law, whereby windows that have seen twenty years’ worth of “uninterrupted” daylight cannot be blocked by the construction of new buildings… “[i]n the center of London, near Chinatown and Covent Garden, particularly in back alleyways, signs saying ‘Ancient Lights’ can be seen […]
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UNSCIENTIFIC I did this experiment several times. Each time I got the same results. After the last time, I was convinced that I was right. The new bacteria must have caused all the problems we found in our patients. SCIENTIFIC The procedure was repeated until there was certainty regarding the results. The problems encountered by […]
Statistical quirk in Canada
Too many scientists, not enough managers; Economy hampered by focus on the wrong disciplines, study finds So says a May 23 headline in the Toronto Globe and Mail. The report itself has the duller title “Strengthening management for prosperity,” and was written by Roger L. Martin and James B. Milway of the excitingly named Institute […]
Applied science: piscine music
Scientists desperate for reluctant sharks to mate plan to pipe the romantic music of Mozart, Beethoven and Puccini into their north-west England aquarium tank. Display supervisor Carey Duckhouse says 20-year-old male brown shark Bloodnose has spurned the advances of 15-year-old Lucy since they were introduced a year ago at the Blackpool Sea Life Centre…. They […]