We inherit more than the obvious physical characteristics from family members, who come before us. The adage "fruit doesn’t fall far from the tree" serves as the perfect metaphor for familial relationships. The members of our families have an enormous impact on what we become, and the ways in which we define ourselves. […]
World’s Largest Seed Collection Receives a Multimillion Dollar Grant from Gates
A series of multi-million dollar grants have made it possible for few dozen of the world’s major food crops, almost always propagated clonally, to be stored as seed in Norway’s famous Svalbard (also called the “Doomsday Vault” in popular media) facility. Originally opened in 2006, Svalbard is just one of many germplasm repositories of valuable […]
TV Nanny
The importance of regulating Britain’s media is because Ofcom is the “embodiment of the reasonable person’s outlook” on such an issue. That’s according to Kath Worrall who spoke at CoventryUniversity, yesterday. Kath is chair of the fairness committee and a member of Ofcom’s content board with complaints regarding privacy and fairness dealt with by her. […]
Math Responsible for Global Warming
A new report on global warming cites mathematics as the main culprit behind the phenomena. The report, entitled "Shoot the Messenger: How to Cope With Climate Change" was released by the American Institute of Foreign Petroleum. "Were it not for algebra, the upward slope in the average global tempurature would have gone unnoticed and unproven," […]
Living The Dream
‘Living The Dream’ This season sees the last ever series of Sky One’s football drama ‘Dream Team.’ Since the show’s premiere on Tuesday 7th October 1997, Dream Team has won many followers. Harchester United’s final season at the Dragons Lair is currently being played out on Sky One, every Sunday night at 9pm. […]
They either get it, or they don’t
Words are so meaningless, so far off of pivotal that it scares me. But then, sometimes just one solitary word makes all the difference to someone who’s willing, conscientiously or not, to listen and process it. I guess it all depends on the person who’s hearing the words you have to say. They either get it, or they […]