DocMartin Williams
Wildlife, wild places, photography - plus Wild Scenes Hong Kong store
DocMartin Williams
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“Alarmist” Covid predictions outperform Covid deniers’ soothsaying
The disinfo downplaying Covid is often from rightwing, mainly money-minded folks who perhaps don't care too much about actual people.
Using WordPress After Drupal 7
After often struggling with Drupal, I found many things are a relative breeze with WordPress.
Covid virulence, vaccines and variants
Science can provide some insights into what may happen with Covid, along with ways to limit its impacts.
We’re in the Covid Era for the Long Haul
We’re in this for the long haul, with the virus like a relentless, invisible foe, ready to exploit errors, slip through the best defences
My Strange n Surprising Summer Staycation with Cellulitis
rom quick pricking by unseen marine creature, to intense fever, and hospital stay for an infection deep within the skin.
Covid virulence, vaccines and variants
[Written for South China Morning Post on 6 January 2021] In January last year, as reports were emerging of the new coronavirus being detected outside mainland China – including in Hong Kong, I wrote a column that quietly suggested, “It can…
The Viral Time Bomb – Pandemic of Our Time
Guan Yi, director of the State Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases at Hong Kong University, has extensive experience of viruses; yet after a brief visit to Wuhan in January, remarked “I’ve never felt scared. This time I’m scared.” [Written…
From China With Fear: the Wuhan Coronavirus Won’t Kill Us All
As news of Wuhan coronavirus emerges, evolutionary biology suggests potential for a pandemic, not killing high percentage of people.
Photo Selection by Martin Williams
Hong Kong Videos by Martin Williams
From Drupal 7 to WordPress by Non-developer with FG Plugin
Notes on a transition from Drupal 7 to Wordpress, using the FG Drupal to WordPress plugin, which proved easier than expected for me as a non-developer, albeit with hiccoughs.
The 25 Best Day Walks in Hong Kong hiking guidebook
The trails take you through rugged hills and forested valleys, along coastlines, past reservoirs and waterfalls, temples and ageing villages.
Enchanting Hong Kong guidebook
Enchanting Hong Kong - which I wrote and photographed - reveals the many facets of this kaleidoscopic destination.
Fightback Needed as Science and Life Support System Under Attack
Environmentalism is under assault; yet this planet is the only home we have; providing our food, air, water... It's our life support system.
James Reynolds typhoonhunter and volcano videographer
James Reynolds is a pioneer of travelling to film typhoons, and has added volcanoes to his specialities.
Old Towns and Snow Peaks inc Shangri-La in Northwest Yunnan, China
A journey in Yunnan, southwest China, including Dali and Shangri-La.
Maasai safari guide Jackson Looseyia
Kenyan born Maasai safari guide, one of the presenters of the BBC’s Big Cat Live series.
Secret World of Hong Kong Water Supply
Hong Kong’s water supply system has been vital to its development as a “world city”.
Hong Kong Belching Buffaloes n Bubbling Paddies and the Mystery Methane Rise
Prof Euan Nisbet leads a science team to Hong Kong in quest to help find why levels of potent greenhouse gas methane are rising in the atmosphere
A Tale of Two Spoon Bills and East Asia Wetland Threats
Two star Hong Kong bird species are Black-faced Spoonbill and Spoon-billed Sandpiper, with stories reflecting changes to east Asian wetlands.
Fusion Power and Human Failings
Several projects are underway in the quest to discover ways to harness fusion power, which is akin to a holy grail of nuclear physics.
Goodbye dinosaurs, Hello birds
Fossils found in Liaoning, China, offer a wealth of insight into the origins of birds, albeit without simplistic missing links.
So You Want to be a Cyborg?
Off-the shelf headsets and DIY implants can help get you started.
A Man for All Sequences Frederick Sanger
Frederick Sanger made pivotal contributions to studying the chemistry of life, primarily by finding how molecules are assembled.
To the Spice Islands of Wallacea, eastern Indonesia
Inspired by The Malay Archipelago, I'm travelling to Ternate and nearby Bacan and Halmahera.
Southwest Yunnan birding inc Gaoligongshan and Hornbill Valley
Notes giving some impressions regarding places, along with conservation - especially the apparent value of bird photography tourism
Leaps of Logic and Faith versus Evolution Science
Darwinism has been questioned and tested wherever possible. becoming a pillar of modern science, but subject to non-scientific attacks.
Ebola’s inner rampage and praise for dirt plus optimum sex
Though “immune system” is a familiar term, there is still much to be learned about how our bodies defend against diseases.
Sleep Science plus insomniac fruit flies, angry women and brain-washing
Sleep science did not really begin till 1953, the same year the structure of DNA was discovered.
Blue light at last wins Nobel for LED titans
Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura received a Nobel Prize for seminal roles in the invention of blue light-emitting diodes.
Robots Rising as Boris struggles to identify everyday objects
While boffins work on the Robobrain, a robot sentry and robot sex slaves, Boris struggles with knives and forks.