tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post8366111225019699193..comments2024-03-29T00:28:38.155+00:00Comments on Nigeness: BBC Accepts Global Cooling!Nigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-71286838779975300972009-10-13T16:51:52.066+01:002009-10-13T16:51:52.066+01:00I had a feeling that would smoke you out Peter.I had a feeling that would smoke you out Peter.Gareth Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05058241057385364459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-11465984943992312772009-10-13T14:17:53.983+01:002009-10-13T14:17:53.983+01:00Even if it is Canadian
I heard that. Whenever I ...<i>Even if it is Canadian</i><br /><br />I heard that. Whenever I come across this kind of quirky scientific article, I like to skip right to the end for the money quote that reveals the earth-shattering significance of the discovery. Will it oblige us to completely reconsider the very foundations of biology? Did it put the origins of life back a gazillion years? Have the chimps been muscled out as <i>homo sapiens's</i> closest relative?<br /><br />Alas, such intellectual rigour appears not to be for my poor countrymen. But as we are almost universally described by that nebulous adjective "nice", surely we know of what we speak when we say that this spider has personality!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-42407944940633577182009-10-13T11:38:14.192+01:002009-10-13T11:38:14.192+01:00A carnivorous butterfly, on the other hand, really...A carnivorous butterfly, on the other hand, really would need a post.Gareth Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05058241057385364459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-90469879431628461292009-10-13T10:22:17.123+01:002009-10-13T10:22:17.123+01:00Ha! Yes indeed - I was thinking of posting on that...Ha! Yes indeed - I was thinking of posting on that, but it speaks for itself really doesn't it...Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-44252082461466231322009-10-12T20:06:00.528+01:002009-10-12T20:06:00.528+01:00To be frank, Nige, sounds as likely as a vegetaria...To be frank, Nige, sounds as likely as a <a href="http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/posted/archive/2009/10/12/scientists-discover-world-s-first-vegetarian-spider.aspx" rel="nofollow">vegetarian spider</a>*.<br /><br />*Sceptical global warming articles aside, any paper that has that as their top story deserves to be followed. Even if it is Canadian.Gareth Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05058241057385364459noreply@blogger.com