Science Lesson Update

I never know when to update an existing post or just write a new one, it's not as if anybody reads this stuff anyway, but...

The UK Science Minister has echoed the fears of the RSC ¹ that science teaching in schools has been dumbed down, leading to ignoramuses and creationists finding their way into the scientific community.

In other news, scienticians at the Large Hardon Collider on the border between Switzerland and Australia have published a report identifying the cause of the recent explosion there thusly: "A flock of penguins must have flown into the intake valve. Probly. That or kids messing about with laser pens. Yeah. Definately not some new interns using the 17-kilometer tunnel to secretly test a new Formula 1 car and crashing it. No sirree!"

¹ Royal Society of Chemistry - what did you think, Royal Shakespeare Society?