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Maybe baby?
At this time, I know two women and know of another woman, who are all undergoing the prolonged physical and mental agony of a …
The Interesting Bits
Link: The Amazon Review is here, should you wish to vote on the ‘helpfulness’ of this review. On the Amazon Vine programme, I picked Justin Pollard’s The …
Why I love Cambridge...
The reasons go beyond history, architecture and the fact that I have just spent 5 years of my life there. The biggest reason is …
How does your neighbourhood score?
If you live in the US, Canada or the UK, you can use a new resource to assess the walking-friendliness of your neighbourhood. Why …
One for the feminists
Some consider single-sex colleges an antediluvian concept. Jeremy Paxman recently suggested this to the University Challenge team from my all-women college at Cambridge. Regardless …
The other Nobel winner
I eat humble pie for not delving deep enough into today’s Nobel headline. It appears that the other recipient, jointly with Gore, is IPCC …
Oh, how we (ill-)treat Science!
Sir Martin Evans wins the Nobel prize a day before his talk is cancelled for lack of interest. If the re-scheduled talk brings more …
DNA testing
France wants DNA tests on immigrants seeking to join their families in France. To avoid paternity disputes, only maternal DNA will be tested. So, …
Exotica then and now
A dear friend, who is 67, is visiting these days. He had some wonderful stories to regale at dinner last night. He was a …
Dying not to do exercise
Last week I wrote a post titled “On Fitness“. It has always amazed – and in some cases, amused – me to hear the …