Opinion Dominion

I'm sort of waiting for the more detailed parts of the report to come out before talking much about it, but I note a couple of things: ...

Oh my gosh, it's spreading. I didn't realise until I saw it on Insiders this morning:  the Putinisation of Australian government c...

Toxic load: blue-green algae's role in motor neuron disease This is really fascinating article about developments in understanding how...

It really is an unusually hot spring in Queensland : QUEENSLAND has sweltered through its hottest September day ever, with temperature rec...

One of the few relatively moderate, but nonetheless nearly always wrong, people at a certain blog that shall remain nameless writes tonight ...

Yes, it's time to re-visit that old favourite topic - sexually transmitted diseases (and how people manage not to take risks seriously.)...

It seems that Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs has a decent enough sequel.   Yay.

Tony Abbott says Government has 'no plans' to scrap university amenities fee  So, Chris Pyne was on a bit of a frolic of his own t...

Atomic Goal - 800 Years of Power From Waste - NYTimes.com The technical problems with the Gates' sponsored "TerraPower" reac...

Does non-belief in free will make us better or worse?

The new layout for Slate is awful.  

Why do people want to eat babies? Scientists explain. True, it is a curious thing, the way people will interact with babies this way.  I h...

Man tortures mouse that ate wages | GulfNews.com A strange story about what some find funny in Gaza.  But there are animal lovers in the M...

Prostate biopsy blamed for preventable superbug deaths A relative of mine recently had this biopsy, and I did wonder how high a risk for i...

Change of heart vital to stopping needless cardiac arrest deaths Well, I didn't know this before: Each year, about 3800 people have ...