Gareth Watson



Role: Journalist, Science
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The Death of Language and the Language of Death

Two men sit fishing by a river. A hearse crosses the nearby bridge and one of the men stands up, removes his cap, holds it...

Munich Musings: A fine day for a cycle

I heard München was a bike city - so when I moved here, I brought mine with me. I'd been riding bikes for nigh on...

Munich Musings: Hopping mad about beer...

I love beer. I love drinking beer, but there is a difference between loving to drink beer and loving to get drunk. Of...

Munich Musings: The burning issue.

The Munich Musings column: A lighthearted column based on observations of Munich life, particularly in comparison to life...

Munich Musings: Curriculum Vitae German style.

Before I moved to Munich I worked in a public sector educational body. The civil service at home, and indeed around the...

Head first into danger?

Research points to the dangers of a popular sport practice. Seeing head to head collisions in sports is always unsettling,...

Munich Musings: The art of flight

I know I usually 'muse' about the differences between life in Munich and life at home in Northern Ireland but this was...

Did You Know...

A breakthrough technique could detect Parkinson's disease simply by using voice recordings from a thirty second phone...

The greatest moment in Apple history

What two people could be more synonymous with 'Science' and 'Technology' than 'Isaac Newton' and 'Steve Jobs'? Both are...

The death of language and the language of death on Facebook

A piece about the use of language, grammar and punctuation in Facebook statuses, groups etc particularly in response to...