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Jason Soon yesterday tweeted with approval this article by the Grattan Institute arguing in favour of electricity network privatisation.   ...

I have never heard of this woman before , but given the contents of this report, I would be surprised if she turned out not to be an extrao...

Hockey trial: 'I don't instruct or control' the North Sydney Forum Somehow [he says with what he hopes readers will detect as ...

ISIS and the Foreign-Fighter Phenomenon — The Atlantic Here's a rather interesting article on the psychology of the foreign fighters j...

It still seems unusually warm and humid in Brisbane for this time of year.   I see that there is a cyclone watch for Far North Queensland,...

Rand Paul says calling same-sex unions marriage 'offends' him and that gay marriage should have been replaced with 'contracts...

1.  Puts a different spin on writing a "glowing" review: Fukushima is looking to recruit someone willing to visit the prefectu...

The smart unconscious � Mind Hacks Interesting account here of an experiment which seems to show the unconscious mind can do arithmetic rea...

Last night provided an example of another type of dream - the story driven one,  which can be annoying not to finish, because I wanted to se...

So, I was at the doctor's on Friday; yesterday both prawns and wine did come up in conversation with my wife; and last night I noticed a...

From Physics World : Scientists believe that some species of birds navigate using Earth's magnetic field – an idea known as magn...

I was catching up on some episodes of Catalyst last night, and came across the fascinating, if worrying, story of how it has recently been d...

Drought-Stricken Sao Paulo Battles Dengue Fever Outbreak - WSJ It turns out that restricting the water supply to a city in drought causes p...

1.  Abbott must stop sacking Labor appointees | The Australian 2.   The Coalition is refusing to guarantee funding to scientific research...

...there is actually too little public interest in what the bright spots on Ceres are. The thing that seems most peculiar to me is that th...

When Things Happen That You Can’t Explain - NYTimes.com

Smokers responsible for increase in Adelaide house fires  Wow.  The figures are really surprising: An alarming rate of house fires link...

No link found between psychedelics and psychosis  Read the article and my point should be clear.   I would have thought the sub-editors fo...

Gogglebox Australia: Here's what it is and why you would watch I guess I have seen bits of Gogglebox for a total of aobut 30 minutes no...