Month: November 2005
Evolution suffers Kansas setback
The US state of Kansas has approved science standards for public schools that cast doubt on evolution. The...
Asteroid named after gay transvestite Bulgarian gypsy singer
A recently-discovered asteroid in the Taurus constellation is to be named after a Bulgarian transvestite folk singer, Ananova...
Burma decides to move its capital. just like that.
Myanmar confirmation that it was shifting its seat of government has left many analysts at a loss to...
Cow-tipping myth hasn’t got a leg to stand on
It is the kind of story you hear from a friend of a friend — how, after a...
World’s largest iceberg breaking up
After five years of being the world's largest free-floating object, the B-15A iceberg has broken into smaller pieces...
Fireballs seen over Germany spark UFO speculation
It seems giant fireballs have been seen in the sky around the world recently, including Northern Ireland... Numerous...
Dublin Burned Down and Someone Gave My Bird FlU
It may come as something of a surprise that the Blather High Command has, for sometime now, been...
Superstitious fishermen touch wood to keep redheads at bay
From the Indo - Irish fisherman are extremely superstitious, apparently. Seeing a priest before setting out to sea,...
Easy on the Jellied Eels – Toxic Laden!
Today, (Thursday 3 November 2005) a Greenpeace study shoews how toxic man-made chemicals are contaminating the European eel...
Saving Boreal Forests
Support the International Day of Action for the Boreal Forest - today, 3rd November 2005 Kleenex, one of...