Having written a book about how to protect the Earth from impacts, including detailed study of what the consequences would be and how to mitigate them (Incoming Asteroid, Springer 2013), I wanted to see how this novel would compare with novels like the Niven and Pournelle Lucifer’s Hammer or John Baxter’s The Hermes Fall, which portray the consequences of impacts in detail.
On the 10th of March 1997 Buffy the Vampire Slayer first aired on the WB Television Network. The TV show created by writer and director Joss Whedon was very popular. Buffy Summers (played by Sarah […]
Information from The Met Office Today 9th March: Most places will have a dry day with bright or sunny intervals, best of the sunshine over Shetland. A few light showers will develop […]
Reem AbuLebdeh, an associate trustee of the MSF (Doctors without Borders) UK Board has been killed along with members of her family at their home in Khan Younis in southern Gaza. Although […]
NHS Orkney continues to vaccinate against both Flu and Covid, recognising both can be serious, even for healthy people. If you are eligible for vaccination and have missed your appointment, or you […]
The islands of Orkney are home to some of the finest archaeological sites in the world, including the UNESCO World Heritage Site, in The Heart of Neolithic Orkney, the village of Skara […]
Information from The Met Office Today 8th March 💃 : A mainly cloudy but dry day. A few sunnier spells are possible at times, especially across Shetland, while Orkney might see the […]
A new film is highlighting local firm RS Merriman on International Women’s Day, 8th March. Founded just after the war, RS Merriman was instrumental in bringing electricity to Orkney, installing street lighting […]
Climate change has adversely impacted female-headed households’ livelihoods to a greater degree than male-headed households. A new report from the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations- The unjust climate: […]
Here is a fantastic way for tarting up Macaroni Cheese, leave out the bacon for a vegetarian version.
