2nd worst in Europe for new cases revealed by testing then. (View Post)

Another look at something vaguely politics related in Etymology Etcetera - sycophancy, sycamores and their relation to figs.. Both syc- words share as their root the ancient Greek σῦκον (sûkon) meani… (View Post)

I only heard that tiny bit, and the bit about John splitting up the Beatles, so don't know if he said anything nice about the Stones. I expect he did, grudgingly. (View Post)

Indeed, and I believe that space travel has been responsible for, or at least helped in the development of, many other scientific advances (though must confess I can't name any of them..). What … (View Post)

I really hope that the investment in space travel that he thinks is so pointless turns out to be directly responsible for a significant breakthrough in some environmentally beneficial scientific deve… (View Post)