Ants Build Landmarks
Humans are so accustomed to using landmarks that we usually don’t even realise when we are doing it. “Turn left at the post office.” “Meet…
Tag: science
Viking Sunstones
The Economist have just published a letter I wrote to them regarding a recent academic article on Viking sunstones. In the following letter I put…
The Whale Mystery
I have been meaning to blog about whales for some time. My apologies to those who have gone without a good whale navigation blog for…
An Audience with the Almighty
My research into this subject constantly leads me, very willingly, back to the thin line that runs, curving between philosophy, religion, science and nature. If…
A Rich Soup
I regularly find myself balancing the scientific explanations for something, natural observations of the same thing, historical accounts and even folklore. It can be a…