If an idea is compelling enough it'll stick in my head until I am forced to write it. If it's forgettable, who cares?

I'm an atheist .I was raised in British reform Judaism, which is not like American reform Judaism, much less any other strain of organised religion. So: no cults here.

Christmas: the one time of year when you can’t avoid the nuts in your family muesli.

I'd like to be proven wrong firstly on the difficulty of building a self-sustaining closed circuit ecosystem in space that can support human life.

The trouble is, if you go too far towards being polite, the label that applies is "doormat".

I don't want to permanently damage myself! On the other hand, a couple of days off the keyboard tends to make things somewhat better.

What I've learned during my life is that the near future is 90% identical to the present - if you buy a new car today, it'll probably still be on the road in 2022.