Here’s something I didn’t know: library catalogues can include books that don’t exist quite yet. Case in point. For Terry Pratchett fans this, of course, is old news. All possible books – past, future and potential – can be found, for those who have the knowing of it, in L-space. Bring a banana, just in...
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For anyone interested in vaccines, toxins and other issues pertaining to molecules and their interactions with people, pharmacologist Ian Musgrave’s blog is a must-read.
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Like millions of other people, I found the “First Time” video (20 strangers filmed kissing each other) on my Facebook feed, and spent a few heartwarming, vaguely life-affirming minutes watching it. The next day it turned out that there was more to the story than this: First off, this wasn’t a film-school project or a social documentary...
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