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David is a married guy from Cambridge, England, UK.
Likes 796 pages, 16 videos, 19 photos105 fans • Received 16 reviews
Member since Mar 31, 2005
I am a freelance science and technology writer based in Cambridge, England, writing on everything from astrobiology to nanotechnology by way of the mostr traditional fields of astronomy, biology, chemistry, medicine, pharma, physics, and spectroscopy. You can read my latest ramblings at http://www.sciencebase.com/ as well as pick up cutting edge science news. I am a keen amateur photographer, karate enthusiast, guitarist and singer.

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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Speed_of_light_from_Ear…
Liked it May 8, 10:27am 1 review humor, science, relativity, lightspeed, velocity-of-light
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Speed_of_light_from_...
This scale model of the earth and moon shows just how slow light travels between the two, taking about 1.3 seconds. Sloooooow.
Programmed death boosts business
Liked it May 8, 6:14am 2 reviews business, economics, commerce, credit-crunch
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-05/ip-pdb050808.php
Businnes should learn about apoptosis if they want to survive a recession.
Drugs and Poisons: Puerarin - Good for hangovers, good for hearts
Liked it May 8, 3:34am 1 review health, heart, alcoholism, hangover
http://www.drugsandpoisons.com/2008/05/puerarin-good-for-hangovers-good-for.html
Apparently, there's a Chinese plant that's edible and running rampant across the USA, locked within is a natural chemical that can cure a hangover, reduce alcohol dependence and much more...
IT Security & Blog Archive & Is Back-Up A Part of Security?
Liked it May 7, 9:02am 0 review internet, security, computer, backup
http://www.itsecurity.com/blog/20080506/is-back-up-a-part-of-security/
Keep your data safe at the border | Surveillance State - CNET Blogs
Liked it May 6, 6:27am 0 review
http://www.cnet.com/8301-13739_1-9935170-46.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=Surve...
Inside AdSense: AdSense for search now powered by Custom Search
Liked it May 6, 12:52am 1 review internet, google, adsense
http://adsense.blogspot.com/2008/05/adsense-for-search-now-powered-by.html
From the page: "We're happy to let you know that AdSense for search is now powered by Custom Search. If you've used Custom Search Engine (CSE) before, you know that Custom Search offers advanced customization options to help improve the accuracy of your search results and tailor them to what users are looking for. With the integration of Custom Search into AdSense for search, you can take advantage of CSE's most popular features without having to leave your AdSense account."
Bush CSS
Liked it May 2, 5:45am 1 review humor, css, bush, image
http://www.romancortes.com/ficheros/bush.html
This is rather clever. It's not a graphic. It's just a load of letters arranged using CSS. View the code to confirm...
& Arty with a Capital F and the Myth of Absinthe Chemistry News from the Spinn…
Liked it Apr 30, 2:40am 1 review science, absinthe, picasso, van-gogh, thujone
http://www.chemspider.com/chemistry-news/arty-with-a-capital-f-and-the-myth-o...
Alcohol and nothing psychedelic are to blame for absinthe's reputation as the Green Fairy.
iGoogle Artist Themes
Liked it Apr 30, 1:01am 1 review internet, google, themes, igoogle, artist-themes
http://www.google.co.uk/help/ig/art/index.html
iGoogle has themed up with art