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Hydrogen can make a hell of a boom. Especially if it's allowed to use methods which are, erm, more physics than chamistry.

Where all the funky moves come from. Michael Jackson, the lot. What a groove, huh?

No translation then. But my reply was marked as being in Japanese. What's going on?

Bluesky asked if I wanted to reply in Japanese. Is it going to translate? Will my English reply be marked as being in Japanese? What is going on here?

It is possible that some authors write best when given a completely free hand. But I'd hate to think anyone wrote badly just because they were following my brief. I wasn't working on a scholarly journal. It was a newspaper, the Times Higher.

If we have another hot summer I shall save money by watering the garden with champagne.

Pollen grains of Wolf Ramswort (Mathematica symbolica)🌿

Looks like the furniture will get thrown on the fire. Does anything Labour has done so far give reason for hope?

I hate to disagree with Wilde, but I have edited the writing of many academics. Some are just wonderful, natural writers. Others, though supreme experts in their field, could not write their way out of a tickbox on a Captcha screen.

AIUI British kettles (240V, up to 3kW) are faster than 110V models.

My mother always dropped veg and spuds into boiling water. Allegedly it inactivates enzymes that might otherwise destroy vitamin C. Theory popularised by post-WW2 cookery writers like Philip Harben.

Kettle. Unfortunately pans aren't yet made with thermostats.
If I am in a real hurry, simultaneously heat the pan with 5mm water.

My first job after university was in the BBC unit that produced Science in Action and other science programmes. Very sad to see it go - though it has had an incredible long run. Hats off to Roland.