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There are two types of scientific findings. Those that can be backed up with hard evidence (e.g. Newton’s “for every action there is an equal an opposite reaction” – or if I run full pelt at a wall it’s gonna hurt) and those that make you wonder exactly what kind of scientist the person in question actually is. I came across an example of the latter via the Daily Mirror’s website which is attributed to Professor Marcus du Sautoy, a Maths professor from Oxford University.
In his wisdom, Prof. Sautoy is claiming that the 1980’s were a low point for human evolution! His evidence, the Flock of Seagulls haircut. I kid you not! Apparently us humans find symmetry a good thing, so much so that we believe that symmetry is an indicator of a good genetic heritage, and that symmetrical people are therefore a better mate for some reason.
Strangely enough I think I would believe him more if he had just claimed that the hole in the ozone layer was caused by the over excessive use of aerosol hairsprays during the time period whilst trying to achieve these hairstyles…
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The James Bond films are well known for their gadget equipped cars, and The Spy Who Loved Me had a particularly well remembered vehicle in the form of the Lotus Esprit which was also capable of travelling underwater!
Looking back at the films I remember from the 1980’s I’m always amazed by the number of films that Steven Spielberg has had a hand in. The guy is some kind of film making dynamo, yet most of what he does is also pretty darn good too. Anyway, Spielberg was executive producer on the excellent Gremlins, which was released in 1984. The film was directed by Joe Dante, who along with Spielberg was also behind another favourite film of mine, 
Personally I didn’t have nor even knew anyone who owned an Amstrad CPC home computer, but they were very popular and were one of the “main three” home computers of the mid 1980’s along with the 
Gerry Anderson is a bit of a sci-fi legend, and I guarantee you will have watched, or at least heard of, one of his many series from over the years. He is best known for his puppet TV shows, the most famous of which is surely Thunderbirds, but also included Stingray, Fireball XL5, Joe 90 and of course the subject of this post, Terrahawks.
One of the greatest kids shows to come out of the late 1970’s (and then to repeated many a time during the 1980’s) was Jamie and the Magic Torch. This animated show from Cosgrove Hall, creator of Chorlton and the Wheelies and Dangermouse amongst many other classic shows, featured young boy Jamie and his Old English sheepdog Wordsworth and their nightly adventures in Cuckoo Land, which as you will see was particularly aptly named.
Cars have always had seatbelts as far as I am concerned, at least in the front of the car anyway. In Europe it became compulsory for all new cars to be fitted with front seatbelts in 1965, but it wasn’t until 1986 in the UK that rear seatbelts also became compulsory in all new cars sold.
