Unlike Carly Palmer, I couldn’t finish the 509-page book in 2 hours and 34 minutes. Having finished it, however, I don’t think it’s possible to say what the Lost Symbol, after all, exactly was – because, well, it’s much more than just a symbol that had been lost. It’s actually a phrase, an idea, a [...]
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Lately I’ve been thinking about people who smoke while walking along crowded streets or standing at pedestrian crossings. Will the world be a better place without people who choose to smoke while walking along crowded streets or standing at pedestrian crossings? Possibly. But I have more important propositions that will definitely make the world a [...]
No, not Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith, but the other Charles. Before I get to the Good News, here I reflect on my two favourite guest stars again:
Mulder: [Picks up phone in car] Mulder.
Scully: [Worried] Mulder, where have you been? I’ve been trying to reach you all day.
Mulder: My apartment complex is being fumigated so I thought [...]
US scientists defend Darwin from attacks on evolution
“While the rest of the world feted the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth, US scientists were forced to defend the theory of evolution from a skeptical public and a concerted attack campaign… Just 40 percent of Americans say they believe in the theory of evolution, according to [...]
As I occasionally do, I engage in positive thinking: This blog must be growing uncontrollably popular and visible in the blogosphere. I go away for a few days, and I find 86 comments stuffed in my inbox – all spam. So I decided to do a little prize-giving and honour one of the more readable [...]
It’s a gun that doesn’t look anything like a gun. It’s a flat-dish antenna that shoots out a 100,000-watt beam at the speed of light, hitting anything in its way with an intense, but harmless, blast of heat.
Painful but harmless. Non-lethal. Officially known as the “Active Denial System”. Possible applications include bloodless crowd control. Unfortunately(?), [...]
It’s been almost 28 weeks since I started this blog and it’s now the end of the year – and it looks like an opportune time to pick the Movie of the Year, too. Well, it’s not just because of the timing that I picked 28 Weeks Later; in fact, timing’s a bit off considering [...]
(Also titled: “Anti-ageing elixir: Exercise, diet – and hormone jabs”)
Dr Jeffry Life stands in jeans, his shirt off. His face is that of a distinguished grandpa; his head is balding and what hair remains is white. But his 69-year-old body looks like it belongs to a muscle-bound 30-year-old.
The photo is used in ads for the [...]
Senator McCain’s surprise announcement of his running mate poses a dilemma particularly to the younger female voters because it goes against the seemingly common stereotypes on the political continuum. The 2008 U.S. presidential race suddenly looks a great deal more interesting. Aside from the age, sex, and beauty of the Republican vice-presidential candidate, Governor Sarah [...]
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You’re a scientist, Agent Scully. Your world is ruled by numbers.
You’re a scientist, Agent Scully. Your world is ruled by numbers.
I recently got to watch the very first episode of the very first season of the X-Files, for the first time. That makes me about 15 years behind. Although the entire series stretches over 10 years, 9 seasons, and 202 episodes (and two movies), all of the central themes that the producers wanted to [...]