“The $6.5 billion machine designed to recreate the conditions present at the beginning of time had to be switched off after a bird dropped a 'bit of...” more...
“A synchrotron is a massive machine that produces beams of intense light that can probe the physical structure of materials as minute as atoms and...” more...
“Yes, new model wind turbines have very low bird-strike rates, and for horizontal-axis ones, of which there are several promising designs, it will be...” more...
“He broke his promise of holding the treasonous South accountable and, despite appearing progressive in the early days, ending up doing more to...” more...
“During the G-20 summit in the Pittsburgh area last week, police arrested two activists. These particular activists weren’t breaking windows. They...” more...
“C'mon, leave the straw-man alone. Would anybody rather have a nuclear power station on the rim of the Canyon? Coal-fired smokestacks turning the...” more...
“The case was a huge symbolic victory for Italian prosecutors, who drew the first convictions involving the US practice of rendition, in which...” more...
“The beauty of Pakistan is that you don’t know that they’re going to do this. Although it seems fairly typical, there’s also a good chance they...” more...
“Ah, thanks. Locally there's a pretentious restaurant (being located in the casino doesn't help) called EVOO which I've never been to. And partly...” more...
“Thus, as a Catholic, I do not normally sense in some tabloid atheist the presence of a supreme discerning intellect. I simply place him or her in...” more...
“No problems with me. Can we call it Sweet Tooth Fairies Unlimited, i.e. STFU? Revenue-sharing would be nice, if there is revenue, but make sure the...” more...
“I remember my flatmate saying, "I genitori vivoni nella Basilicata", for example, which is definitely different to "Andiamo in Calabria" ... I did go...” more...
Further to the sheep-shagging deep background below, it would be remiss of me not to offer this: "An Aberdeen supporter dressed as a sheep was set...” more...
Just received this email today: "Hi Everyone, There are 2 crates of free mangoes in the tearoom ... they are the same quality as you would buy in the...” more...
“In the statement, researchers said they were 'frightened by the disastrous potential of AI' and called the Matrix trilogy of science-fiction...” more...