John Chapman
@jchapman1729.bsky.social
Author, technophile, ex-chemistry teacher, ex-IT teacher, web developer, time traveller and I'm NOT looking for a job. You need the benefit of my opinion - at least I think you do. Currently working on a new website for would-be authors. publishingguide.uk
Cheap Daily Supplement Appears to Boost Brain Function in Older Adults www.sciencealert.com/cheap-daily-...
Cheap Daily Supplement Appears to Boost Brain Function in Older Adults
What's good for your aging gut may also be good for your aging brain.
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November 25, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Cheap Daily Supplement Appears to Boost Brain Function in Older Adults www.sciencealert.com/cheap-daily-...
Your Dog Probably Still Has Some Wolf DNA in Its Genome, Study Finds www.sciencealert.com/your-dog-pro...
Your Dog Probably Still Has Some Wolf DNA in Its Genome, Study Finds
Those tiny, fluffy dogs walking down the street may look cute but beware – they probably have some wolf in them.
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November 25, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Your Dog Probably Still Has Some Wolf DNA in Its Genome, Study Finds www.sciencealert.com/your-dog-pro...
What if a Tiny Black Hole Shot Through Your Body? A Physicist Did The Math www.sciencealert.com/what-if-a-ti...
What if a Tiny Black Hole Shot Through Your Body? A Physicist Did The Math
If you've ever wondered what would actually happen if a microscopic black hole tunneled straight through your body, answers have finally arrived.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:20 PM
What if a Tiny Black Hole Shot Through Your Body? A Physicist Did The Math www.sciencealert.com/what-if-a-ti...
Parkinson's Link to Gut Bacteria Suggests Unexpectedly Simple Treatment www.sciencealert.com/parkinsons-l...
Parkinson's Link to Gut Bacteria Suggests Unexpectedly Simple Treatment
Researchers have suspected for some time that the link between our gut and brain plays a role in the onset of Parkinson's disease.
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November 25, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Parkinson's Link to Gut Bacteria Suggests Unexpectedly Simple Treatment www.sciencealert.com/parkinsons-l...
How do snakes move? It's not all slithering. www.popsci.com/science/how-...
How do snakes move? It's not all slithering.
The reptiles can swim, cartwheel, and even fly.
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November 23, 2025 at 1:13 PM
How do snakes move? It's not all slithering. www.popsci.com/science/how-...
Scientists Have Discovered a Special Type of Immune Cell That Slows Aging www.sciencealert.com/scientists-h...
Scientists Have Discovered a Special Type of Immune Cell That Slows Aging
Researchers led by a team from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel have just discovered a way to destroy harmful 'senescent' cells that accumulate with age and ramp up the kind of tissue damage...
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November 21, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Scientists Have Discovered a Special Type of Immune Cell That Slows Aging www.sciencealert.com/scientists-h...
Why are most people right-handed? www.popsci.com/science/why-...
Why are most people right-handed?
A mix of biology, environment, and evolution helps explain our rightie-dominated world.
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November 21, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Why are most people right-handed? www.popsci.com/science/why-...
This is in no way a post in support of Reform. It's a warning against them. Unless we start demanding #proportionalrepresentation and an end to #FPTP we will end up with a clueless Reform government. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
November 16, 2025 at 2:38 PM
This is in no way a post in support of Reform. It's a warning against them. Unless we start demanding #proportionalrepresentation and an end to #FPTP we will end up with a clueless Reform government. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
New metal foam tougher than steel, could make safer cargo tankers interestingengineering.com/innovation/n...
New metal foam tougher than steel, could make safer cargo tankers
Researchers at North Carolina State University say this finding could improve safety standards for transporting hazardous materials, particularly in railroad tank cars.
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November 10, 2025 at 1:13 PM
New metal foam tougher than steel, could make safer cargo tankers interestingengineering.com/innovation/n...
Alien Probes Could Already Lurk in Our Solar System, Study Says www.sciencealert.com/alien-probes...
Alien Probes Could Already Lurk in Our Solar System, Study Says
In 1949, famed mathematician and physicist John von Neumann delivered a series of addresses at the University of Illinois, where he introduced the concept of "universal constructor." The theory was further...
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November 10, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Alien Probes Could Already Lurk in Our Solar System, Study Says www.sciencealert.com/alien-probes...
Our hapless chancellor has finally run out of wiggle room www.independent.co.uk/voices/edito...
Our hapless chancellor has finally run out of wiggle room
Editorial: Rachel Reeves has asked each of us to ‘do our bit’ as she prepares to break her party’s manifesto pledge and raise income tax – but it is now clear that she has made the bad situation she…
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November 10, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Our hapless chancellor has finally run out of wiggle room www.independent.co.uk/voices/edito...
If we don't get out there, life on earth is doomed. avestedinterest.info
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November 9, 2025 at 8:20 PM
If we don't get out there, life on earth is doomed. avestedinterest.info
A collection of #finalpictures
The Last Picture
Last Words
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November 9, 2025 at 7:12 PM
A collection of #finalpictures
Soap in the soup and a kipper behind a radiator. How to welcome Mother-in-law.
November 9, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Soap in the soup and a kipper behind a radiator. How to welcome Mother-in-law.
Is there a way to get actual Kindle (Kindle formatted not ebook PDFs) books for free? by John Chapman www.quora.com/Is-there-a-w... �
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November 9, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Is there a way to get actual Kindle (Kindle formatted not ebook PDFs) books for free? by John Chapman www.quora.com/Is-there-a-w... �
J.K. Rowling (author of the Harry Potter books) is now wealthier than the Queen of England was.
November 9, 2025 at 4:20 PM
J.K. Rowling (author of the Harry Potter books) is now wealthier than the Queen of England was.
I wish the buck really did stop here; I sure could use a few of them.
November 9, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I wish the buck really did stop here; I sure could use a few of them.
Barnes & Noble's question of the week is 'Do you prefer fiction or non-fiction books?'
My answer - 'Yes'.
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My answer - 'Yes'.
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November 9, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Barnes & Noble's question of the week is 'Do you prefer fiction or non-fiction books?'
My answer - 'Yes'.
.oO(Ask a silly question...)
My answer - 'Yes'.
.oO(Ask a silly question...)
Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm. - Winston Churchill
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November 9, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm. - Winston Churchill
Lethargica, a short story set in WWI by Edward Carpenter
Lethargica
1917. In the French trench-lines of the Western Front, an American volunteer lives from letter to letter, as high explosive shells rain down and poison gas permeates the air. His wife’s words are the...
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November 9, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Lethargica, a short story set in WWI by Edward Carpenter
A Swedish man survived being trapped in his snow-covered car for two months without food
Sweden snow: Man 'survives two months trapped in car'
A Swedish man found alive in his snow-trapped car tells police he has survived inside for two months with no food.
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November 9, 2025 at 8:30 AM
A Swedish man survived being trapped in his snow-covered car for two months without food
Why is 'abbreviation' such a long word?
November 8, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Why is 'abbreviation' such a long word?
"Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing." Wernher von Braun
November 8, 2025 at 7:12 PM
"Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing." Wernher von Braun
Try this interactive story featuring magic, monsters, puzzles, riddles and fifty ways to get killed. Free to read/play in your browser. 'Castle of Riddles Revisited' jaydax.co.uk/corr #retrogaming
November 8, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Try this interactive story featuring magic, monsters, puzzles, riddles and fifty ways to get killed. Free to read/play in your browser. 'Castle of Riddles Revisited' jaydax.co.uk/corr #retrogaming