Opinion Dominion

I'm becoming very aware lately of the lack of new topics dealt with in this blog.  Sure, it's good to keep building on knowledge abo...

Some time ago, I noted that horses getting acupuncture was meant to show that the treatment does not work via a placebo effect.   (I also a...

On Great Novels with Bad Endings : The New Yorker I quite like this short piece on bad endings in great novels. I have to say, though, t...

Public nudity has been in the news in the States lately, leading to Slate running a short article "Why is Public Nudity Illegal?"...

I am presently not getting comments through, for reasons unknown, at another blog. Someone from there might care to point that out, over t...

Animals are already dissolving in Southern Ocean - environment - 25 November 2012 - New Scientist It's been ages since I have posted a...

Little observed in the media is the fact that, despite the circus last week of a sacked shock jock courting (to the extent of sharing a room...

BBC - Future - Technology - X-37B: Secrets of the US military spaceplane A good article here on the funny looking mini shuttle thing that ...

Catalyst: Next Generation Nuclear Power - ABC TV Science I used to comment on pebble bed reactors as a new nuclear design with impressive ...

Unthinkable? Rowan decides to write | Editorial | Comment is free | The Guardian The Guardian has a bit of fun with this mock column by Ro...

Possum fans may be interested to know that last Sunday, the day of the very big hail, the possums were not in their under-the-deck home.  (T...

Bigfoot search from blimp: Cryptic species are real but Bigfoot, Yeti, Loch Ness Monster, Jersey Devil are not. - Slate Magazine Here'...

This year long smear campaign against Julia Gillard is getting ridiculous. Last night, a lawyer who used to work in Slater and Gordon  wh...

Mars is safe from radiation – but the trip there isn't - space - 21 November 2012 - New Scientist I've never been 100% sure on thi...

Give Philip Roth the Nobel Prize as a retirement present - Telegraph I've never read Roth, and don't feel particularly inclined to...

Clive's giant vision unveiled as Jeff the dinosaur on loose | Sunshine Coast Daily LOVE it or hate it, Clive Palmer's dinosaur c...

This section of Paul Krugman's recent column contained some things about the 1950's of which I was not aware: Yet in the 1950s in...

BBC News - Solar storm as desert plan to power Europe falters Desertec was set up in 2009 with a projected budget of 400bn euros to tap t...

Eruption fears rise at 'Mount Doom' › News in Science (ABC Science) In the story, there is mention of a disaster which I'm not...

Fast and furious: intensity is the key to health and fitness From the above article, worth reading in full: Low-volume maximal HIIT sess...