Thursday 21 December 2017
Tuesday 28 November 2017
Monday 27 November 2017
Sunday 26 November 2017
Saturday 25 November 2017
Friday 24 November 2017
Why I’ve Had Enough of George Orwell
Orwell is a terrible role-model for an age that needs more serious people grappling with complexity.
Thursday 23 November 2017
Mother Demands Her Son's School Take ‘Sleeping Beauty’ off the Curriculum
...because the princess doesn't give consent to be kissed and woken up by prince. (He should used his flumazenil).
Wednesday 22 November 2017
Tuesday 21 November 2017
Monday 20 November 2017
Sunday 19 November 2017
Do Civilisations Collapse?
The idea that Easter Islanders experienced an apocalyptic end makes for good television but bad archaeology.
Saturday 18 November 2017
World's First Human Head Transplant a Success, Controversial Scientist Claims
Whack job. Sewing one dead head to another dead corpse is not a ‘transplant’. It’s not even cricket.
Friday 17 November 2017
Wednesday 15 November 2017
Monday 13 November 2017
Friday 10 November 2017
Thursday 9 November 2017
Lessons in Stillness From One of the Quietest Places on Earth
In the wilderness of Washington State’s Hoh Rain Forest, a poet searches for the rare peace that true silence can offer.
Wednesday 8 November 2017
Tuesday 7 November 2017
Sunday 5 November 2017
Saturday 4 November 2017
Why Trees Don’t Ungrow
The cliché that life transcends the laws of thermodynamics is completely wrong. The truth is almost exactly the opposite.
Friday 3 November 2017
For All You Kiwis
...who want to buy a copy of The Bolthole as an eBook, it’s now for sale in NZ on the Paper Plus website.
Thursday 2 November 2017
Tuesday 31 October 2017
Monday 30 October 2017
Artificial Intelligence Learns to Learn Entirely on Its Own
A new version of AlphaGo needed no human instruction to figure out how to clobber the best Go player in the world—itself.
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