Opinion Dominion

It's the movie I am destined to hate and despise (on the dubious assumption that I will ever actually see any of it), so I'm a littl...

BBC NEWS | Europe | Row over French bogus virgin case An interesting case from France: France's ruling UMP party has opposed a French co...

We must kick our methadone habit | Theodore Dalrymple - Times Online Dalrymple has another go at pushing his line that methadone treatment f...

Researchers make breakthrough in renewable energy materials The University of Queensland gets some PR on line, but the practical application...

Penny Wong in clash with carbon emitters | The Australian Funny how the Rudd government's honeymoon has been ended by conflicting petrol...

Loyal workhorse escapes knacker's yard - for now - Annabel Crabb - Opinion I won't be the first to say it, but it does seem a little...

Cold-fusion demonstration "a success" (physicsworld.com Blog) - physicsworld.com This appeared a few days ago, and apart from bein...

Spacemen call up Earth and ask for a plumber | Science | The Guardian The International Space Station's toilet is not working. (Or not w...

The end of the world is nigh. Its name is Gordon - Times Online He's not easily discouraged, you have to give him that. Gordon Ritchie b...

Movies: Whatever Happened to Karen Allen? | Newsweek Entertainment This is an amusing article by a journalist who, despite talking to the bi...

Nuclear agency accuses Iran of willful lack of cooperation - International Herald Tribune Don't worry, though, Ken Lovell says we have ...

US director Sydney Pollack dies I always thought he made or appeared in competent, generally likeable, films.

While most things space related interest me, I don't often blog about Mars missions. I don't begrudge planetary scientists their f...

Cheap carbon trap cleans up power station emissions - tech - 26 May 2008 - New Scientist Tech Most of the story is behind a paywall, but her...