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  1. Visit From Atoms to Patterns | Wellcome Collection From Atoms to Patterns | Wellcome Collection

    http://www.wellcomecollection.org/exhibitionsandevents/exhibitions/fromatomstopatterns/index.htm

    "At the instigation of Dr Helen Megaw, a leading Cambridge scientist, diagrams of atomic structures inspired an eclectic array of patterns" "reunited en masse for the first time since the Festival" Also free.

  2. Visit Dan Dare & the Birth of High Tech Britain | Science Museum Dan Dare & the Birth of High Tech Britain | Science Museum

    http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/visitmuseum/galleries/dan_dare_and_the_birth_of_high-tech_britain.aspx

    "Together they reveal a fascinating ‘lost world’ of British design and invention – a glimpse of a time when the TV in the corner was a Murphy, not a Sony" Sounds like it's worth a visit. Helpfully free.

  3. Visit Muslim call to adopt Mecca time | BBC News Muslim call to adopt Mecca time | BBC News

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7359258.stm

    Another day, another bunch of fundamentalist idiots crop up. How can a point on the surface on a sphere be its centre? Throw in some bad science with magnetism and you've got perfect rant material. (Yes Greenwich is arbitrary; so's any meridian.)

  4. Visit Stardust, Riflemaker, Soho Square | The Independent Stardust, Riflemaker, Soho Square | The Independent

    http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art-and-architecture/reviews/preview-stardust-riflemaker-soho-square-london-808587.html

    Preview/review of a show in London featuring the aerogel used in a comet sample capture/return mission. Could be just the sort of thing to make me angry; could be good; probably just going to be eh. Should try anyway.

  5. Visit Churchill flew to the moon... right? | Metro.co.uk Churchill flew to the moon... right? | Metro.co.uk

    http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=122716&in_page_id=34&expand=true

    "CORRECTION: The article originally said that there were nine planets in the solar system, which of course there aren't, following the demotion of Pluto" At least they acknowledged it...

  6. Visit WorldWide Telescope (video) | TED Talks WorldWide Telescope (video) | TED Talks

    http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/224

    Not a bad teaching tool, I suppose, but it's not unique (Google Sky) and the hyperbole is nauseating. A revolution on a par with Galileo? Please. The name's awful, too, candace points out: a telescope gives you new data, not just new combinations.

  7. Visit Can the Science Museum be up-to-date? | Mssv Can the Science Museum be up-to-date? | Mssv

    http://mssv.net/2008/02/25/can-the-science-museum-be-up-to-date/

    Adrian Hon suggests that the only way for museums like the Science Museum to present topical information is to employ a group of people dedicated to rapid development of exhibits.

  8. Visit Ken MacLeod on the near future | io9.com Ken MacLeod on the near future | io9.com

    http://io9.com/343451/why-is-science-fiction-going-back-to-the-near-future

    I've liked MacLeod since The Star Fraction (the socialist remnants of a British republic fighting back; how could I not?) and I'm looking forward to the Execution Channel, albeit in paperback.

  9. Visit Military dominates UK science | Education Guardian Military dominates UK science | Education Guardian

    http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/research/story/0,9865,1394402,00.html

    "Almost a third of all public spending on research is funded by the Ministry of Defence - far more than is spent on research by the National Health Service." From '05, but I doubt things have changed (I'd love more recent figures though)

  10. Visit UK push for space station modules | BBC News UK push for space station modules | BBC News

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7174742.stm

    "The group calculates the programme would amount to some £600m spread over six or seven years (until 2015). In other words, each year would be equal to a little under half of the UK's current annual civil spend on space." Note "civil".

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