Sitting on Japanese all-singing all-heating toilets was strange enough while I was over in Japan recently and at the time we discussed what problems there would be in relying on British plumbers and electricians getting together to install the things. Well, it seems they’re not that safe, as 180,000 are up for repair through catching …
Too much bacon ‘bad for lungs’ This has to be made up science, I’m sure. There’s no way that something as good as bacon could ever be bad for you. Eating large quantities of cured meats like bacon could damage lung function and increase the risk of lung disease. BBC NEWS | Health | Too …
No, it’s true. “…studies in rats show JAM-1 is linked to raised blood pressure, but the exact mechanisms behind this are still unclear. They are now looking at the human brain to understand more.” BBC NEWS | Health | Blood pressure ‘is in the brain’
“Pop star Madonna has said she ‘wants to be like Gandhi, Martin Luther King, and John Lennon’.” If you’re thinking that perhaps she means that in a very specific, music-related way, then you’re wrong: it’s quite literal. Her aspirations don’t stop there, and she sees no reason why we can’t all reach such heights: “We …
Marks and Spencer has said it is mystified by a claim by MEP Robert Kilroy-Silk that it uses “distorting” mirrors in its changing rooms. Mr Kilroy-Silk has accused the store of misleading women with mirrors that make them look slimmer in its clothes. By an amazing coincidence, I’ve noticed that every photograph of Robert Kilroy-Silk …
In recent years no Premiership footballer worth their salt would be seen dead without a metatarsal injury. The metatarsal is a small bone in the foot that was brought to the nation’s attention as a result of David Beckham’s injury in the world cup of 2002. Beckham’s endorsement of the injury is said to have …
World Bank president has holes in his socks No stoning or burning of women
A few stats which don’t seem true: 7% of men have suffered from stalking in the past year. I reckon more than 7% of people lie in surveys. Up to 25% of computers on the net may be used by cyber criminals. That’s up to 25%. Well, that covers anything more than 0% I guess. …
The US military has appealed to scientists to help develop a novel weapon – artificial black ice. The good thing about this article is the number of different ways to get across the main advantage of this new ‘weapon’ i.e. it makes the ground slippery: “to get from point A to point B, one must …
We’ve all heard about the effects different drugs have on spiders webs. Well, here’s a short ‘informative’ documentary piece: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uk6-A1MzWU]