Month: August 2005
Most research papers are wrong – says new research paper
John Ioannidis, an epidemiologist at the University of Ioannina School of Medicine in Greece has produced research showing...
Hunter S. Thompson murdered? Maybe, Maybe Not
Somehow I missed this conspiracy theory till recently. I think this is because I had mixed feelings about...
Bob Moog Has Left The Building
Bob Moog... is dead, and has been since last week. Not just a weird name on keyboards, Moog...
Swazi Women Burn Their AIDS Sex-Ban Tassels
A pile of thousands of woollen tassels symbolising chastity has been set on fire in Swaziland to mark...
Where are the aliens?
A recent piece in the Guardian highlighted the fact that Ufology is going through something of a lean...
Superman spotted in Serbia
Previously on Blather, we had brought you the news that Superman had refused to rescue a cat from...
Star Wars: Backstroke of the West
Well, for about two years now global economists, free-marketeers and other assorted doom-mongers have been telling us that...
Stairway to heaven
Robert Plant's dreams have been answered. Nanotechnology experts at the University of Texas have developed a carbon "ribbon"...
Thailand orders mass exorcism for Tsunami ghosts
Perhaps the most popular explanation for things that go bump in the night amongst 'paranormal investigators' is that...
Ghost of a foul-mouthed miner recorded in Cornwall
Swearing and cursing, the ghost of a long-dead miner has been recorded in Poldark Mine near Helston... "We...