Tikh Tokh

Pressure points — research for Episode 5

This is not my normal fare, but I had to find out if it was possible to knock someone out using only a pressure point. I found my answer, and it’s ‘yes’.

In the video clip below, the instructor is demonstrating a four-step move that…

#science — the best discoveries are often accidental

The modern world is built from materials our cavewoman ancestors could never have imagined — just think silicon and plastics. But now, thanks to 3D printing, and research into graphene, MIT scientists have discovered a powerful new…

No more ‘simply’!

I am on such a high at the moment! When I checked my emails this morning I found an amazing critique of Vokhtah, by someone who commented on one of my posts.

Now there are critiques that make you want to sing, and then there are critiques that make you want to drown…

Already Happening: The Normalization of Trumpism — via TDB

There are things you know at an intellectual level. And then there are things you see and hear that make you want to throw up.
This is the racism that was NORMAL in parts of the US not that long ago. This is the racism that must…

Botanic art — the Beckler Project

I’ve been a fan of Anne Lawson’s work for a long time now — I’m the proud owner of one of her garlics — but I didn’t realise that the work she and her colleagues do is real ‘citizen scientist’ stuff that will help in the longitudinal study of Australia native plants in…

Spin by Robert Charles Wilson — a review

There are times when I finish a book and feel uplifted, even joyous. At other times a book may plunge me into deep thought or introspection. Both of these reactions are fine by me and generally lead to reviews that are easy to write. The following review of…