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  7. Posted

    On 27/04/2023 at 21:50, time said:

     

    Just skimmed through IMDb, the only other name I recognised who's gone was Kit Hesketh-Harvey. There's one or two whose careers haven't lasted but that's a different discussion.

    Cal Wilson can be added to the QI dead list.

  8. Posted

    22 minutes ago, The Old Crem said:

    Cal Wilson, Presenter of the Australian version of Bake Off has died aged 53. 
     

    (Edited for error.)

    Another QI panellist bites the dust. 

     

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  10. Posted

    11 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

    Thank god someone read the memo right. 

     

    "We are going to start Starmer's speech with a Glitter bomb."

     

    Out walks Gary Glitter...

    No. A bunch of Asian kids saying 'I love you long time' would be better. 

  16. Posted

    21 minutes ago, maryportfuncity said:

    One stop shop if I post a link to the Wiki page

     

    K2-18b is an exoplanet causing a bit of excitement since the James Webb Space Telescope detected what may be evidence of a biosignature (crudely, it's looking possible that gases in the planet's atmosphere are a giveaway it sustains some kind of life). The planet is well over twice the size of Earth and covered entirely in water, or summat like it, so we're likely talking simple life partial to floating around and imbibing nutrients, anything more would be a real bonus. As an aside here, most experts on astro-biology (yeah, I know - how can you be an expert when we've yet to prove there's anything alive other than on Earth) consider life in "water" a much more likely discovery than other kinds of life. Basic science behind the thinking being that water exists in a narrow range of temperatures and regulates the temperature on a planet  whereas planets lacking water vary greatly in temperature, atmosphere etc and can experience huge variabilities during a circuit of their sun, or a rotation on their axis. So, for example, however much Elon Musk gets revved up about moving to Mars he's looking at a planet prone to temperatures of minus 100 degrees with an atmospheric pressure about one percent of what he enjoys on this planet. Crudely, way less attractive for a human than the South Pole or summit of Everest. So if Seth Shostak's bet (see post above) is going to cash in soon it could be watching this Wiki page that explains why: 

     

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K2-18b

    So basically you are stating that there is the possibility of life in Port Talbot?

  23. Posted

    23 minutes ago, Brad252 said:

    IMO no-one alive today has done more damage to the world as a whole than this one individual.

    Tony Blair, George Bush.  But maybe you are right. He gave them the publicity to say they were right. 

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