Opinion Dominion

As appearing in The Age this morning: It's a baby Leadbeater's possum. Irresistibly cute, no?

Climate Central notes that much of the US has had little snow this winter , and some of the Plains states have just had some very high temp...

Mass prostate cancer screening doesn't reduce deaths: study This seems pretty strong reason to not worry about PSA testing, but I bet it...

Tiger set to boost services Tiger Airways (the airline that's somewhat akin to a flying Soup Nazi, except it's the price that'...

Soft drink vending machines offer free Wi-Fi Internet access ‹ Japan Today Asahi Soft Drinks Co has developed a vending machine that provide...

Scientists record electrical currents that control male fertility Biologists Yuriy Kirichok and Polina Lishko of the University of Californ...

I've found that American Scientist seems to put a fair few of its feature articles on its website.  Here are a couple of some interest: ...

It's time for me to note the annual New Year's mochi death toll from Japan. (Look, this blog is high on Google search for only a f...

I mentioned before that I had picked up a copy of Philosophy Now for some holiday reading, mainly because Ï felt I just had to reward whoeve...

Why we get wasted on New Year's Salon has a fun look at why drinking and New Year's go hand in hand. Here's a key paragraph: A...

Hegel and Hegel's God - The Philosopher's Zone - ABC Radio National (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) I read an article in Philo...

It was time to make another school holiday visit to the Gallery of Modern Art today.  It's hard to dislike modern art when it's in s...

Green Philosophy by Roger Scruton – review | Books | The Guardian Here's a somewhat cynical, but nonetheless interesting, review of Ro...

New Toshiba reactor model gets U.S. nod | The Japan Times Online I meant to post about this before Christmas, but forgot: The U.S. Nucle...