http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-26605974 http://bicepkeck.org/b2_respap_arxiv_v1.pdf A rough summary of this paper is well-provided by the BBC, I think, but for the record this paper...
A huge amount going on, but a relatively gentle solve despite that. I found some of the clues fairly generous, so was able to work out one of the replacements and then work backwards from there to...
The main penny-drop moment came on approximately the second clue I looked at, but the endgame is certainly worth filing the grid for. Any grid packed with 60/144 cells predetermined by thematic...
Goodness me! Stanislas Wawrinka becomes a Grand Slam Champion! Seems like Rafa was injured but still... wow. Beat both Nadal and Djoker on the way to his first title, and becomes one of only two...
Ferret starts the 2014 EV series off with a fairly gentle solve. Had to be careful to avoid one particular sequence that could have provided an alternative highlighting, so an impressive construction....
A very pleasant way to end the year. Grid is chock-full of thematic material, and despite the multiple gimmicks it wasn't too difficult to break into the clues, probably a few very generous ones to...
Various senses of Deja vu about this puzzle as both the theme and the distortion have appeared earlier this year (in an EV and the Listener Series respectively) . Lots of thematic stuff packed into...
Kea is one of my favourite setters and this one is a delight. Took me a while to see what was going on, but once it all clicked it was well worth the wait. Thanks Kea!!
Actually the first time I've seen a Piccadilly crossword, but I see that they're a prolific setter. This was also the first un-numbered EV I've seen, which probably shows how little time I've been...
So I'm starting a PhD in Particle Physics soon, at Edinburgh University. Just moved in to my new flat today, going to get to know my flat mates properly soon enough. Though some of them are going to...
An interesting paper on the mathematics of morality in evolution, as the BBC seemed to put it, appears here: http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2013/130801/ncomms3193/full/ncomms3193.html The bbc link is...
So after surviving the exams comes graduation, at last. All dressed up in traditional robes, nice hood, Latin ceremony,blah blah blah, and now at last have my degree certificate and Masters! jim360,...
So some very kind people wished me good luck for my exams. There's a very short time between sitting the exams and getting the results, and they were released this afternoon, in partial form. Could...
BBC link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-22684948 "European Union foreign ministers have agreed not to renew the union's arms embargo on the Syrian opposition. But there was "no immediate...
At times this was deeply frustrating -- after making a lot of progress all at once I lost track of what I knew and what I didn't. Eventually managed to make the breakthrough once I made use of a real...
