Good example of doing a proper analysis on some Anthropic bullshit The entire IT industry is based on getting crap products to market as quickly as possible and then hyping the crap out of them We're just witnessing the birth of the next Microsoft arstechnica.com/ai/2026/03/h...

I only just discovered Hiroshima oysters and now they are dying 🙁 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Alas, I have the common Asian "alcohol flush reaction"...but it's probably doing me some good. 😄 Via @scifood.blog - Do We Love Mum's Cooking Because She Made Us as Well as Dinner? scifood.blog/2026/03/31/d...

Dinosaurs! theconversation.com/the-revoluti...

Genetics may have a lot more to do with our food preferences than we think. I go on about this a bit in my latest post.

Don't drink raw milk arstechnica.com/health/2026/...

This would have been an interesting project indeed. Apparently "difficulties" were encountered!! arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

What happens when you cram a bunch of anti-vaxx, conspiracy theory lunatics into a committee supposed to safe-guard the health of millions of people? That's right! DRAMA! arstechnica.com/health/2026/...

Drought conditions favour the evolution of antibiotic resistant bacteria. Not that that's a concern is it? No climate change happening around here ... arstechnica.com/health/2026/...

If insurance companies wont insure it anymore it is definitely become something of a crisis for under-45s www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

People impressed by corporate jargon are the worst employees - who'd of thought? www.theguardian.com/business/202...

More evidence for a link between cognitive decline and your microbiome www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The irony of "intelligent" people trying to discriminate on some genetic basis for intelligence Mentioning eugenics should be number one red flag Do that, you're arrested and off come the balls. Don't need that level of stupid round here buddy. theconversation.com/claims-about...

The history of 'bitch' aeon.co/essays/what-...

As if I didn't have enough to worry about arstechnica.com/health/2026/...

Some wisdom www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

It's not the first time, but paper published yesterday shows all the nucleotides present on an asteroid. Suggesting that questions about the origins of life need to go beyond just Earth Some commentary here as well: theconversation.com/all-5-fundam... www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The world's most dangerous animal might be a vector for a flesh eating bacteria to move between possums and humans Also some good advice for managing mosquitoes around your home theconversation.com/flesh-eating...

You often hear that tomatoes were feared and that rich people died after eating them off pewter plates. Find out if this is really true in my latest post.

I am thrilled!!! to have CLOUDS IN SPACE as one of @smithsonianmag.bsky.social scholars’ picks for “Best Books of 2024” 😍 www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/t... Wait, have I mentioned that I am thrilled??? 😉

What a wonderful world 🪰 arstechnica.com/health/2026/...

As they say in the article, correlation does not mean causation but an intriguing and slightly worrying idea theconversation.com/rising-co-le...

Well doesn't this just put the cherry on the sugar, oil, milk and nuts emulsion cake! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

My grandmother's compost heap was a fascinating thing when I was a child. But never really saw one again for a long time as people stopped doing it. theconversation.com/5-top-tips-f...

Who doesn't feel like they're being scammed at the moment? www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Some good news - I wonder how this splits down party lines arstechnica.com/health/2026/...

The tell tale moss! arstechnica.com/science/2026...

I worry about humans when we can't even feed our children properly, not to mention corporations who are profiting off people not feeding their children properly www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Books were really the internet of the renaissance arstechnica.com/science/2026...

If you dare, take a peak into the gross world of food borne helminth parasites in my latest blog post

I honestly didn't know you could eat carp. theconversation.com/australians-...

Australian honey is good for what ails ya theconversation.com/honey-from-a...

I love Hyperion (and the other books as a kid). At the time had no idea that the whole thing was fusing The Canterbury Tales and science fiction. Just loved the stories. arstechnica.com/culture/2026...

Called the "drunk monkey" theory it suggests our proclivity for alcohol goes back to our simian ancestors. It relies on monkeys actually eating rotten fruit So in this study one group of monkeys followed another group of monkeys to see how boozed up they got 🙂 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

I predict many middle-aged anti-vaxxers will soon be softening their stance on vaccines arstechnica.com/health/2026/...

All the things that got me called a nerd and beaten up as a child are now mainstream! A little annoying to be honest. www.theguardian.com/books/2026/f...

If you like wine, find out how we almost lost it all thanks to a American insect and how disaster was averted thanks to some crazy plant biology.

I'm not sure why it comes as such a shock to people when the lying, corrupt demagogue you allied yourself with to further your own agenda turns around and bites you? arstechnica.com/health/2026/...

As someone who has worked in the States as a biomedical researcher and who was funded by the NIH when I set up my own lab, it is heartbreaking seeing what Trump is doing to the next generation of biomedical researchers www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Great - we going to have to face a climate crisis with no coffee. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Ha!! Like I've been saying for years. Promite is categorically better than Vegemite and now I've have a quasi-scientific taste trial to prove it (sorry non-Australians to make you witness this airing of dirty laundry) www.theguardian.com/food/2026/fe...

Research paper but it's firewalled www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Interesting: UV damaged DNA inspiration for new efficient way of storing solar heat arstechnica.com/science/2026...

The hippies were right. Single dose of psychoactive drug reduces symptoms of depression for up to three months www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Forget AI, we still haven't learned how to endow people with a sense of morality www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anth...

Yes simple language like "It's high in salt" works, problem is some manufacturers hate that type of simple honesty theconversation.com/australias-f...

Makes me wonder about those guys back in the day with enormous moustaches - what were they really doing with those things? arstechnica.com/science/2026...

Do we actually need economics if AI and compute can efficiently distribute the world's resources? Asimov had world economy running AIs in his robot short stories, unfortunately his was a rational future ours is looking more eccentric (and dumb) www.theguardian.com/environment/...

If you don't like snakes, like me, do not read this. I'll be having nightmares tonight www.forbes.com/sites/scottt...

So a disgraced movie star telling Joe Rogan about his mates is now considered sufficient preliminary data for a grant? arstechnica.com/health/2026/...