On a recent holiday to central Australia, my wife pointed her phone camera towards the sky and took a photo. That photo captured detail that really surprised me. To make sure it was not just an...
I had an email address for over 20 years. The ISP it was based on was onsold a couple of times but offered redirection of the address. Even when they stopped proving and I moved to another ISP I was...
What is the most incredible scientific fact you have ever heard? This is mine: The LHC accelerates a clump of protons equivalent to a teaspoon of hydrogen gas at standard atmospheric pressure and...
A beloved pet hamster that was flushed down a toilet has become the latest controversial case in airlines versus people seeking to travel with emotional support animals....
A discussion of bullying was a focus on Australia's national radio broadcaster recently and listeners were invited to tell of their experiences. One contributor spoke of their schoolyard experience as...
Several pesticides approved for used with organically certified crops are far more toxic than synthetic pesticides. Their use is widespread in the organic farming industry. Meanwhile the organic...
Organic certification is precluded for any plant variety that includes genetic modification through recombinant DNA techniques. However plant varieties whose genes have been randomly modified using...
From the AB jokes section: According to the Bible, Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Palestine. A country where people are named Mohammed, Abdul, Mounir, Aziz, Ahmed, Farid, Omar, Youssouf, Mouloud, etc....
A man walked off a plane as part of a protest about an asylum seekers whose application had been declined and was in the process of being deported. The man was subsequently issued with a no-fly order...
A while back Old Geezer commented that he objected to tax revenue being spent on subsidising solar energy Well the truth is that the UK government subsidises fossil fuels over 300 times as much as...
The ISIS woman prisoner who they wanted traded for the Jordanian pilot died as a martyr.
Will she get 72 virgins too? Or is it just male martyrs?
Can't imagine she would be getting much peace....
"WHY would anyone hurt you? Why would you hurt or kill someone else? Contrary to popular perception, people are rarely violent simply because they lose control and fail to think about right and wrong....
Back in 2011 the skeptics claimed the sea level was falling. They are not as keen to discuss it now. http://sealevel.colorado.edu/ Some claim that the temperature hasn't risen since 1998. Of course...
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-08-21/us-doctor-recovers-from-ebola/5688114
Saved by modern medical technology. Who does he thank? Not the doctors and researchers who developed the cure....
Ebola is a rapidly growing concern for everyone. The response from the President of Nigeria: President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has declared three days of fasting and prayer, “to seek God’s mercy”...
Last night the open source disk encryption program TrueCrypt was effectively taken down. Personally I don't think the story we are getting is the truth but I would like to hear what you think has...
This project plans to send copies of texts to the Moon for preservation. They are starting with a copy of the Torah. I can't think of anything more worthless to preserve or to represent humanity to...
