Musing With Martin
The beaches of Ardnamurchan are stunningly beautiful, quiet and thankfully out of the way. All you need is a long trip to the far north western highlands of scotland, a rare sunny day and the ability to handle very cold water.
We were driving home from foraging for wild mushrooms in the ancient forest We had to drive around Ben Hiant which is on the most westerly peninsula of Britain in the highlands of Scotland, guarding the entrance to Loch Sunart …
In memory of our dear doggy friend Dana. She adopted us as part of her lovely family and brought us much joy in her last golden years.
I want to share one of the most interesting short videos I’ve seen in a while, originally posted by Yonatan Zunger. It’s about the idea of trophic cascades: how a small change to an ecosystem can lead to tremendous consequences, in this case good. The change was the reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone in the 1990’s, after …
“Bloomberg Risk Takers” profiles Elon Musk, the entrepreneur who created PayPal, America’s first viable fully electric car company, the nation’s biggest solar energy supplier and may make commercial space travel a reality in our lifetime.
Bain’s Cape Mountain Whisky was chosen as the World’s Best Grain Whisky at the World Whisky Awards held in London in March 2013. Bain’s Cape Mountain Whisky became the first South African whisky to be awarded this coveted accolade, ahead of those from traditional whisky-producing countries such as Ireland, Scotland and the USA. The whiskies were …
What a surprise – What a voice – What a wake up about pre judging anybody.
A celebration of Natural History with David Attenborough.
Globally, life expectancy is the highest it has ever been, having risen from 20-30 years in prehistory, to 31 years in 1900, 47 years in 1950 and 67 years in 2010. It continues to rise steadily across the world. The global homicide rate is now by far the lowest it’s been since humans evolved. Battle …
Read more “We Live In The Greatest Golden Age Humanity Has Ever Seen”
Siyabulela Xuza- His Story Has Really Just Begun Siyabulela Xuza Siyabulela Xuza’s story has really just begun. He is merely twenty years old and already has created an international stir. When he was eighteen years old and in Matric, he won two grand awards at the 58th Intel International Science and Engineering Fair which was …