Science is never “settled”. No matter how certain something might seem, its certainty is merely provisional. Whether it’s that everything in physics has already been discovered (as Lord Kelvin is apocryphally, but falsely, said to have proclaimed) or that a meteor impact wiped out the dinosaurs. However likely the
Obituaries usually follow a fairly standard template: sadly missed, beloved husband/wife/father/mother/child, and so on. Round it up with a few homely anecdotes, and you’re done. Then there are the people who just say, “f- that: I’m telling it like it was!” For instance, the
Like the rings of Saturn, Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is one of the most famous sights in the solar system. How long the Spot has existed is unknown, but observations from as early as the 17th century indicate that it may be at least nearly 400 years old. But
Pâte à Choux /Choux Pastry I find myself delving into more traditional recipes, many from my memories of the 1970s. While a lot of these foods never really went out of fashion in the patisseries and eateries of Europe, the fusion and molecular cooking that have swept the world more
Marc Grey In previous articles, we have covered nuclear reactor designs, accidents and the mechanics of nuclear reaction physics. However, the way the nuclear industry got started was in the manufacture of nuclear weapons, not to provide nuclear power! In this article, we look at how the first nuclear weapons
Stuart Smith MP for Kaikoura Spokesperson for Climate Change, EQC and Viticulture Information Opinion Last week I wrote about the significance of Te Reo as a language in New Zealand. There is also no doubt that Maori culture should be valued and cherished in New Zealand. But it should come
We really enjoyed doing one thing to annoy the local policeman. The opportunity to truly piss him off only presented itself maybe once, maybe twice a year. The wind had to be due west.
Don Brash hobsonspledge.nz Polls show that the great majority of New Zealanders don’t support a change in our country’s name. John Tamihere is correct that the Maori language became an official language in1987. And correct in asserting that people are entitled to assert the name Aotearoa. But
Karl D. Stephan mercatornet.com Karl D. Stephan received the B. S. in Engineering from the California Institute of Technology in 1976. Following a year of graduate study at Cornell, he received the Master of Engineering degree in 1977 and was employed by Motorola, Inc. and Scientific-Atlanta as an
Grant Finch It’s difficult, impossible even, to objectively look back at the totalitarian governments of the last century. From our vantage, we only see the evil and inhuman systems they became and presume they always were. But were they intended to be as abusive as they became? In reference
Simon Black sovereignman.com Simon Black, as James Hickman is more commonly known, is the Founder of Sovereign Man. He is an international investor, entrepreneur, and a free man. His daily e-letter, Notes from the Field, draws on his life, business and travel experiences to help readers gain more
Grant Finch The ‘Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi as expressed by the Courts and the Waitangi Tribunal’ explains how the legal profession has arrived at its current position on the Treaty and invented ‘partnership’. This is too narrow an examination as it limits itself to the machinery of law
The past is a great antidote to the panics of the present. Not just the fact that “the good old days” rarely were, but the lessons of a deeper time. Especially when it comes to the more lunatic pronouncements of the environmental lobby and climate alarmists. According to a completely
Aside from sauerkraut, sausages, things made from minced up meat and beer, the Germanic people while conquering most of continental Europe in their day in the guise of Goths, Vandals and Franks have left quite a faint culinary footprint, or perhaps one that isn’t that discernible to us today.
This week, I venture into two matters metaphysical, albeit with feelings of trepidation that they may be beyond my intellectual pay grade. But here goes: The two fields are: ancestry (especially as it relates to Maori tipuna/tupuna) and the importance of correctly interpreting words. ANCESTRY In trying to better
