Fish stories excite me. I don't know why. I can think of few things less interesting than sitting on a riverbank watching a float bob. But scientific investigations of similar topics make my pulse race, maybe because there can be few subjects that so perfectly illustrate the all-too-human inability...

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For an extravert, I’m actually quite shy. So when I see the cool kids egging each other on to spread their various memes across the internets, I tend to sit wallflower-like and wait for them to come to me. I don’t jump up and down saying “pick me! pick me!”. Not without a certain amount of pain, I a...

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This post is addressed to people in the USA. Even those we know personally, who are mostly very sensible.

Why have Fox and CBS banned the new flying pig Trojan commercial?

1. Because they think unwanted pregnancy is A Good Thing?
2. Because they think abortion is A Good Thing?
3. Because they thi...

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... as an explanation. This blog has been getting an awful lot of neglect really. It isn’t the first time, and it is often at around this time of year. And the same excuses that applied back then still apply, somewhat.

Somewhere, irrationally, I really do believe that I have only a certain numbe...

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I am extremely heartened by Minnesota’s decision to protect its state grain, wild rice. Resources will be ploughed into investigating the status of the plant itself in the Land of Lakes and, more importantly, into monitoring any and all attempts to interfere directly with its DNA. The legislation ha...

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