With all the controversy over fracking, nuclear power, etc, etc., with a good deal of the earth covered in water, it seems to me that with a little innovation, we have potentially all the power we'll...
Appalling scenes on tonight's news. Among the huge numbers of dead, a Sky TV cameraman. Poor Egypt. What is its future?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-23700663...
The Church of England has told parishioners that fracking causes environmental problems and urges believers to consider their Christian duty to act as "stewards of the earth". Do Christians have a...
At first glance it looks like a message my computer is putting up. ‘Clean your PC’ – with an ‘OK’ button to click – which brings up the company’s website. It’s appearing next to the...
There are growing concerns that an al Qaeda affiliate could use a new generation of liquid explosive, currently undetectable, in a potential attack. The new tactic allows terrorists to dip ordinary...
This emanates from another thread where two people who have been raised as Christians and have and do argue here in favour of religion dismissed the notion that people see ghosts. The question is if...
Allegedly the good end up sharing eternity with him – the bad, depending upon what you believe, are either doomed to hell, or once dead are dead forever – but what’s the ultimate purpose of it...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/10219802/First-couple-consider-legal-challenge-to-Churchs-gay-marriage-opt-out.html As far as I can see, since the bible specifically forbids same sex...
http://www.secularism.org.uk/news/2013/06/russian-parliament-passes-new-blasphemy-law-as-protesters-call-for-secular-state
Why? This can only be a retrograde step, surely?...
I know little about this, but a friend is about to undergo surgery to fuse a seriously prolapsed disc in her neck. What will be the result? Will she be permanently disabled in any way?
…. to a service for infant and junior school children to celebrate the end of a successful school year …. and it was lovely – a happy, joyful occasion. The local community, along with local...
We've had yet another instance of an ABer being unaware that sub-topics exist - and thought one mentioned must refer a different website. Any chance of putting the extended list on permanent view?
According to some of the religious people here, the reason atheists argue religion is because they ‘are not sure and are a bit worried’ (Keyplus’ words). Religion is an option available to all...
I’m working on a multiple page Word document where everything is in text boxes – something I’ve been doing regularly for years. Suddenly, every page is appearing joined up to the next and with...
This question arises from the discussion in R&S on the dubious practice of Water Divining. Sometimes the conclusions of science result not from positive evidence that the subject is invalid, but from...
I’ve just been listening to ‘The Bottom Line’ on Radio 4 where the guests were the vice president of CH2M Hill, the CEO of Veolia Water, and the CEO of Anglian Water, who all said that water...
….. an annual night cycle ride covering some 200km sets off at around 8pm this evening from Hackney in East London, finishing at Dunwich on Suffolk’s east coast. This year some 2000 riders are...