Friday reads:
Science’s way of flip-flopping
E equals m c squared? C does not stand for the speed of light, c is for cookie.
Plastic sheet delivers wireless power
A sheet of plastic invented by researchers in Japan could one day make for tables and walls that power devices placed on them — without any need for wires or plugs.
The Boeing 737 stuck in city road
Not science related, but still worth raising an eyebrow over.
Bumper sticker – good astronomy?
You gotta read the whole conversation…this is why meetings with physicists in attendance go very long…
Pupils ‘are urged to drop maths’
The Royal Society of Chemistry said that as maths was a difficult subject, schools feared examination failures which would threaten their standings.