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Month: November 2020

Repairing a hole in the wall with the diffusion equation

November 19, 2020 | Marcus | science, Uncategorised

Last week child number 1 managed to put a hole in a plasterboard (‘gib’) wall. I wasn’t in the room at the time, but I believe it had something to do starting at one end of the house,  running down the corridor, through the bedroom doorway, doing a forward flip onto the bed and sliding […]

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So what irks me about Stuart Nash’s tourism comments?

November 18, 2020 | Marcus | environment, Uncategorised

What irks me most about Tourism Minister Stuart Nash’s comments about a new NZ tourism strategy this morning? Is it: The complete disregard he has for the millions of New Zealanders who would love to take a New Zealand holiday but can’t because they are crippled by high housing costs His desire to increase carbon […]

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Fancy coughing at your phone? Nicer than a swab up your nose

November 3, 2020 | Marcus | health, science, Uncategorised

The pandemic has certainly been a trigger for some really interesting science to be done. Here’s something that’s hit the headlines today – Artificial Intelligence can be used to detect COVID-19 from the sound of someone’s cough. If you want to read it, the full report is here, but unless you’re lucky enough to subscribe […]

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