OK, you could argue that you can’t have a ‘false’ fact 🙂 But that aside – I was recently introduced to this little gem of a video, True Facts About The Chameleon. Nice little sound-bites of information, rather lovely images – and the narrator’s voice-over had me in stitches. (But he’ll never replace Sir David […]
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a little extrapolation is a dangerous thing
The other day one of my friends sent me a link to this discussion of a recently published paper. (‘Published’ in the sense that it’s available through archiv, which I gather means it hasn’t been through peer review.) The actual paper is available here. Basically, the authors claim that life has increased in complexity – […]
Continue reading‘new zealand’s #1 way to lose weight’ – oh really?
As I’ve said previously, I find Facebook good for keeping up with friends & family, & profoundly irritating in its practice of ‘targeting’ ads to the user. Mind you, that offers endless opportunities for blogging (when one can find the time). And today I shall make use of that opportunity, for today FB offers me […]
Continue readingcaesarians & medical hypotheses
Many moons ago I used to do the occasional talk for Parents Centre ante-natal classes, on what to expect during a caesarian delivery. (I’d experienced an emergency C-section, so was happy to let others know what was involved.) So it was to be expected that this op.ed piece in today’s NZ Herald (in the "Life […]
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