Discuss The Knowledge

Forget the cutting edge embrace the old tech future https://www.engineeringforchange.org/142/ Our society is pathologically enthralled with “the new.” As scientists and engineers in global development, we’re inculcated starting from very early in our training to seek “the cutting edge” of technologi...

Wired: That Arctic Seed Vault Isn’t Just There for a Doomsday

http://www.wired.com/2015/09/arctic-see ... -doomsday/

I just read with interest your blog post http://the-knowledge.org/en-gb/how-to-make-breakfast-from-scratch/ comments are turned off but it'd be nice to be able to discuss the content of blog posts in the forum. I'm not really sure where that discussion would go. Some people seem to be posting in New...

One thing I wonder about Svalbard is how you would know it is worth making the journey. Has someone else already got there and taken everything? How would you decide what to take? As much as possible so you could plant everything and see what grows best or would you leave some behind in case you don...

Hi, I'm Steve, I heard about The Knowledge on the radio 4 today programme. The piece caught my attention as something I've often considered is what technology, skills, processes have gone into making a typical sunday morning possible and how much of that I'd be able to create myself. I'm not a prepp...