Thucydides in The Peloponnesian War speaks of Athenian prisoners dying from “variation in the temperature” in the conditions they were kept. Athens itself suffered deadly droughts at least in the late Eighth […]
Contest! Win a Coffee Cup to the Stars! What is the Dumbest & Most Frustrating Modern Invention? What is the work of man that has given the most annoyance or has caused […]
It’s about time, too. Sorry for the delay. Been toodling around my land of birth and staying as far from the computer as possible. On 11 August I initiated the Dumbest & […]
Switzerland announced a contest for a new National Anthem. Because why? Because the old one has too many references to the Man Upstairs. Yes: Project leader Lukas Niederberger (not enough protein in […]
If increasing temperatures are consistent with or are evidence of global warming, what theory is consistent with or evidence of falling temperatures? Global warming, too? We have to ask this complicated question […]
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