‘We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell.’ ~ Oscar Wilde
Image via Wikipedia World-famous microbiologist Sir Macfarlane Burnet, the Nobel prize winner revered as Australia’s greatest medical research scientist, secretly urged the government to develop biological weapons for use against Indonesia and other “overpopulated” countries of South-East Asia. The revelation is contained in top-secret files declassified by the National Archives of Australia, despite resistance from [...]
Reality blurred:It smells weird in here,today.
Image via Wikipedia A reality show that promises to sell off three virgins to the highest bidder is — to say the least — raising a storm of controversy on two sides of the Pacific. The show is the brainchild of an Australian filmmaker, Justin Sisley, and will be made for TV there. But, as [...]
No man stands as tall as he who can stand to correct himself or be corrected.
Image via Wikipedia A Queensland University of Technology (QUT) physics lecturer has found a 99-year-old mistake in the Oxford English Dictionary – and is having it corrected. Dr Stephen Hughes said he had discovered last year that the dictionary’s definition of the word siphon, and most other dictionaries’, was incorrect. A siphon is a tube [...]
China. Again for the wrong reason.
Image via Wikipedia Reporting from Seoul and Los Angeles — Australians on Sunday scrambled to ensure that a Chinese-owned bulk coal carrier that rammed into the Great Barrier Reef would not break apart and seriously damage the planet’s largest coral reef. Peter Garrett, the nation’s environment protection minister, told reporters that the federal government is [...]
Gouldian finch
{Via} Image via Wikipedia Gouldian finches (also known as the Rainbow Bird or Lady Gouldian Finch) originated from Australia and are members of the finch family, which includes sparrows, cross bills and gold finches. Gouldian finches inhabit the open Savannah regions of northern Australia. In hot climates, Gouldian finches protect themselves from the sun’s rays [...]