February 2006
Living with mum
by mikepower
A new generation of young British men are putting off leaving home well into their 20s, government statistics reveal today.
January 2006
December 2005
Junk Science - The Top 10 Junk Science Claims of 2005
by mikepower
It’s that time of year again when we at JunkScience.com reflect on all the dubious achievements and irresponsible claims made by the junk science community throughout the year.
Want a bargain? Get used to buying second-hand
by mikepower
The idea of buying used goods, especially when advanced around the holidays, can sound rather pathetic, as if one is living a real-life version of "A Charlie Brown Christmas." Who would want something used?
Psychology Today: Stirring Sound of Stress
by mikepower & 1 other
The internal alarm clock. Why we sometimes wake up a minute before the alarm rings.
August 2005
Molecular Expressions Photo Gallery: The Ice Cream Collection
by mikepower
Ice-cream history and microscopy come together in this piece.
July 2005
Simon Baron-Cohen: Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behaviour by Temple Grandin and Catherine Johnson
by mikepower
This magisterial book on animal behaviour is unique and, for me, is gripping reading. It is written by Temple Grandin, perhaps the best-known woman with autism on the planet.
May 2005
chris jordan photography
by mikepower & 16 others
Intolerable Beauty: Portraits of American Mass Consumption
Immigration isn't the issue: Brendan O'Neill
by mikepower
Among the political class, ‘the immigration issue’ has become code for their own fear and loathing of the white working class.
April 2005
Centenarian takes computer course
by mikepower
At the age of 100 most people would think about winding down rather than downloading - but not Sidney Platt
March 2005
14 Wild Ideas: Five Of Which Are True!
by mikepower & 1 other
Many Worlds, Medicine Useless, A.I. via Common Sense, Cryonics, Uploads, I'm in Sim, Fast Growth, Growth Stops, Colonize Galaxy, No Aliens, Aliens Came & Left, Private Law, Futarchy, No One Honest.
Kevin Meyers: At last the light is shone on the IRA
by mikepower
No event in Northern Ireland in recent years has distilled the abominable and corrupted reality of life under the peace process as the murder of Robert McCartney. Half beaten to death, one eye gouged out, his throat cut, and then gutted like a fish...
Making learning uncool: The establishment disses education as much as hip-hop ‘playas’.
by mikepower
It wasn't Jay-Z who grabbed headlines by declaring that 'learning history is a bit dodgy'. That was the former education secretary, Charles Clarke.
How to Fall in Love in Three Minutes or Less
by mikepower
If you subscribe to the "instant gratification takes too long" school of thought, researchers have good news on the romance front: You can fall in love in three minutes -- or less. It seems that the heart wants what the heart wants -- and it can figure
It wasn't me, it was my mind
by mikepower
The law distinguishes between madness and badness but, asks Steve Rose, why should that absolve criminals of responsibility for their actions?
Bloodletters - Hack Yourself You can be happy. You can live the life you want to live. You can become the person you want to be. This is what I've figured out so far.
by mikepower & 2 others
Stop assigning blame. This is the first step. Stop assigning blame and leave the past behind you.
February 2005
The Wisdom of Warren Buffett
by mikepower
"Top 5" things (prioritized) I learned from Warren Buffett
Vanishing Point: How to disappear in America without a trace
by mikepower
Satellites can bounce LASER light off of your windows and, by measuring the minute distance differences between a vibrating window and the satellite, reconstruct your speech -- from orbit!
January 2005
Worse Than Fiction: Read it and weep (or laugh)
by mikepower
I've been thinking of writing a political novel. It will be a bad novel because there won't be any nuance: the villains won't just espouse an ideology I disagree with - they'll be hypocrites, cranks and scoundrels.
