Opinion Dominion

Hicks not a terrorism supporter: Dick Smith - smh.com.au Oh my Lord, Tim Blair will have a field day with this. In fact, I fear for the int...

Euthanasia campaign row - National - theage.com.au This would appear to be confirmation again that Philip Nitschke is happy to help a person...

The intensely lived life of J G Ballard - Telegraph This is a positive review of Ballard's newly released autobiography. Sounds well wo...

Electricity storage | Ne plus ultra | Economist.com Will capacitors ever be able to replace batteries for electric cars? Maybe not, but the...

A Better Place: Books: The New Yorker Here's another long, well written and enlightening New Yorker book review: this time about a book...

Green revolution could still blow up in our face - Opinion - theage.com.au I wouldn't normally give much time to an apologist for Paul E...

It's been a while since I posted anything from Arxiv about mini black holes. There just hasn't been much there lately, apart from p...

Have a read of this old, literally surprising, way of administering psychiatric "treatment", as noted over at the always interest...

A lifestyle altering cancer operation has not changed Tim Blair's wit, as he writes amusingly today of the pain physiotherapists put hi...

Where have all the men gone? - Times Online If you enjoy reading articles by women about how hard it is for them to find a man for a relatio...

Iraq's revival boosted as oil production rises to 2.4m barrels a day - Times Online: Oil production in Iraq is at its highest level sin...

Fears of mercury poisoning cast a pall on dolphin hunt in Japan - International Herald Tribune Finally, it would appear that publicity about...

BBC NEWS | Health | Warning over cannabis lung harm The report notes that a couple of small studies appear to confirm the suspicion that can...

China suffers food shortages as snowfall continues | Special reports | Guardian Unlimited Have a look at the video in the above story. Chin...

Stephen Moss: It's official: happiness resumes at 50 It's a short article suggesting why a recent survey indicates that happiness pe...

Aerogenerator could help UK meet wind energy target | Technology | guardian.co.uk This article talks about a new proposed wind turbine that ...

Use ships on legs , of course. (Article contains photo worth viewing.)

Modern Japanese women: dealing with sex, lies and the dried-flower syndrome This is a review of a book painting a very depressing picture of...

Kidney Thefts Shock India - New York Times Kidney theft is a much bigger issue in India than I would have expected: Although several kidney...

The long-running saga of health claims about the pill. - Slate Magazine Interesting article that summarises all of the contradictory evidenc...