low-throughput

Continuing with the Arctic exploration theme: a scene from hilarious Belgian animation Panique au village (see the trailer ). The three mad...

Now about the scientific expeditions — in words of a certain Humbert Humbert: One of my favourite doctors, a charming cynical chap with ...

From Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome : In the present instance, going back to the liver-pill circular, I had the symptoms, beyo...

My favourite quotes from the Work section of The Lazy Person’s Guide to Life by Gray Joliffe , a truly wonderful book which seems to be o...

Science is Vital has got its official website and a bunch of celebrity supporters, including Sir Patrick Moore and the Nobel laureate Si...

Britannia used to rule the world but does not any longer. It doesn’t have much in terms of natural resources, the public transport is awful...

From The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa (translated by Stephen Snyder): “Solving a problem for which you know there’s an ...

“Shortlisted” (or even longlisted) “for Booker / Pulitzer / Orange Prize...” Did you ever wonder why it is OK for fiction authors to put...

First published 3 August 2010 @ just some words Contrary to what you read in Wikipedia , -logy is not a suffix. If anything, it is a roo...

Three months ago, I started another “low-throughput” blog, just some words . I wanted to have not-Blogger blog. But why did I choose to hos...