I once heard that the average life-span of a rock star is 37, or thereabouts. So I suppose we might consider those decades older who are still successfully plying their […]

I wonder why there seems to have been hardly any attention given to ‘Scientology’ on this scientific network. A quick search brings up this forum piece from late last year, […]

Are you sitting comfortably, children? Guddd-d! Then I’ll begin. Once upon a time, in a laboratory sited on the periphery of a drab town, there toiled a jaded, rudderless, occasionally […]

I was recently invited to review a manuscript having a degree of overlap with my work, which puzzled me slightly as I don’t get asked to do so very often […]

It has seemingly long been the convention to distrust the lie-spinning of estate agents. But I’ve recently received a marketing leaflet that leads me to perhaps cut them some slack. […]

As flagged previously, this Wednesday is International Blasphemy Day. There’s a Facebook group, which provides links to useful info (including the Simon Singh support group), if you’re interested in what […]

Having seen Lars von Trier’s Antichrist – and having caught Bryan Appleyard’s review polemic of disgust – some weeks back, it is the latter that sticks most in my craw, […]

So, is nobody here on this scientific forum acknowledging today’s 25th anniversary of a very important scientific discovery by one of our greatest living scientists? Well, here’s a bit of […]