Going to give blood. Back in an hour. I passed the battle on Falaky on the way out from work.

People who are good at researching and summarising science please tell me about the protective effects (if any) or detriments of wearing basic chemical respirators like this one: Read more... )

... were going to make all the matches happen in 3-D hologram in stadia worldwide.

And they were going to make some amazing little technology where you put a little see through thing to your eye and the world has loads of info on it like the directions to the stadium and the nationality of the person standing next to you.

What's wrong with FIFA?

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Ha, knew it.

According to this not in the least bit frivolous study, 'Those who identified themselves as "dog people" were likelier to score high in the extroversion, agreeableness and conscientiousness columns. "Cat people," on the other hand, ranked higher in both neuroticism and openness, which in the context of the study meant being creative, ( Read more... )

Serpentine is still quite fun. Aside from the Poetry Marathon, I'm helping organise a conference on extinction - of languages, species, cultures, the whole shebang. It's in collaboration with the Royal Society. I checked through the list of Fellows - why isn't Stephen Maturin an 'honorary' Fellow? *weep* unkoogabriel  this comment is aimed at you obv obv k?

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