It’s Particle Collision Day!! These are indeed the days of miracles and wonder…
Scientists at CERN achieve high-power collisions of sub-atomic particles in the Large Hadron Collider! The livecast is here.
I’m going to be very busy for the next few days and probably out of reach – so here’s something to keep you entertained in the meantime.
Now Jessica Simpson pours salt water up her nose as she tries yet another bizarre beauty therapy: “She’s eaten fried worms in a bid to boost her metabolism and put lit candles in her ears to remove excess wax. But Jessica Simpson hasn’t yet finished her mission to try the world’s most bizarre beauty therapies. On a trip to Mumbai, she poured salt water up her nose, oil over her hair and drank a special ‘digestive’ drink – which simply made her burp.”
I have no words. Or worms. Yeesh.
Dr Rachael Dunlop has some words about this though – World Homeopathy Awareness week is approaching!
I also plan to get the word out about homeopathy during WHAW. And the word is bollocks.
One of the best books I’ve read this year already is ‘The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks‘. That’s what came to mind when I read the following: Judge Invalidates Human Gene Patent in the NY Times:
A federal judge on Monday struck down patents on two genes linked to breast and ovarian cancer. The decision, if upheld, could throw into doubt the patents covering thousands of human genes and reshape the law of intellectual property… Myriad sells a test costing more than $3,000 that looks for mutations in the two genes to determine if a woman is at a high risk of getting breast cancer and ovarian cancer. Plaintiffs in the case had said Myriad’s monopoly on the test, conferred by the gene patents, kept prices high and prevented women from getting a confirmatory test from another laboratory.
In the meantime, exorcisms for apartments at Boing Boing…
‘…limit your expelling demons to Friday or Saturday night’.
Did I mention how much I appreciate the Digital Cuttlefish? Over at TED, you can check out how ‘David Gallo shows underwater astonishments‘ but I think you’ll get more of a laugh at Save Your Breath For Running Ponies with ‘Seahorse Would Like You To Keep Your Shit To Yourself, Thanks, Cuttlefish’.
You see, Cuttlefish, it’s about common courtesy. Like, what if everyone else started attaching stuff they didn’t want or couldn’t be bothered carrying around to everyone else?
Read it. It made my day so much nicer and I really needed it today!
What sort of faith schools are acceptable in Stephen Law’s opinion? He elaborates his views at his site with ‘Three Minimum Recommendations’:
On Wednesday I had a debate with Peter Stanford, former editor of the Catholic Herald about faith schools, at the CFI event “What sort of faith schools are acceptable, if any?” in the Great Hall at Christ Church. A.C. Grayling was Chair and Richard Dawkins showed up too.
I think the wonderful Dr Petra has some interesting experiences with teaching about faith too, as evidenced by her Tweet.
Happy chocolate season everyone, and stay safe. Especially if you are in a town in Iowa, who has renamed Good Friday ‘Spring Holiday!’
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Thanks for the mention, Kylie!
Didn’t pick up on the Paul Simon reference on the first reading.
But, even taken literally, in this context they may be stone-cold right.
I bet, and hope, though that at least as many new questions will be posed as answers that are found.
Heady days.
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