Vegetarian diet twice as effective for weight-loss, new research shows.
Author: Richard Carter
A fat, bearded chap with a Charles Darwin fixation.
Theron lies the difference
BBC: Celebrity names you’re probably saying wrong As Wonder Woman, Gal Gadot can do anything - apart from getting people to pronounce her name correctly. Turns out I’ve been mispronouncing Charlize Theron’s name for years. I wondered why she never returned my calls.
Book review: ‘The Writing Life’ by Annie Dillard
Definitely not a writing guide.
Surely this has got to be illegal…
Baby sale shock!
Stronger and stabler
BBC: Conservatives agree pact with DUP to support May government An agreement has been reached which will see the Democratic Unionist Party back Theresa May’s minority government. The deal, which comes two weeks after the election resulted in a hung Parliament, will see the 10 DUP MPs back the Tories in key Commons votes. There… Continue reading Stronger and stabler
The SATSASTSM button
I'm beginning to think we might be taking the ‘home cinema’ concept a bit too far.
Dogs’ sneezes
Did you ever wonder why dogs sneeze when they’re excited?
Strong and stable
Costa Rica’s President Luis Guillermo Solís swallows wasp.
Cunning linguistics
A conversation with Jen about dwarfs.
Book review: ‘Hen's Teeth & Horse's Toes’ by Stephen Jay Gould
Science essays. The third of Stephen Jay Gould’s long-running series of popular science essay collections that first appeared in his monthly column in Natural History magazine, Hen's Teeth & Horse's Toes covers topics which include: evolutionary oddities (e.g. the eponymous horse's toes); evolutionary adaptations; essays on a number of scientists; the Piltdown Man forgery; science… Continue reading Book review: ‘Hen's Teeth & Horse's Toes’ by Stephen Jay Gould