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More idiocy from the Northern Echo’s letters pages:
“AMONG the list of “vestigial structures” that Chris White cites as “remnants of evolution” is the coccyx (”tail bone”); obviously believing that humans at one time had tails.
Supposing we had had tails: who or what decided we should now not have them; and why did that decision/natural selection/evolutionary […]

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Back when I was studying astrophysics, one of the bits of research the department was involved in was trying to find out the shape of the universe.
The solutions of Einstein’s field equations that describe an expanding universe have three possible solutions, corresponding to universes that are geometrically flat, hyperbolic or elliptic. Which actually applies to […]

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Spotting bad reporting on MSN News is like shooting particularly slow, stupid and large fish in a tiny barrel. With a rocket launcher. But this is particularly silly.
Reporting on the Celebrity Big Brother alleged racism, MSN claims:
In the latest row, Jade told the actress: “Go back to the slums.” Danielle also weighed in - but […]

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Your Personality Profile

You are elegant, withdrawn, and brilliant. Your mind is a weapon, able to solve any puzzle. You are also great at poking holes in arguments and common beliefs.For you, comfort and calm are very important. You tend to thrive on your own and shrug off most affection. You prefer […]

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How far is political journalism to blame for public cynicism and disengagement? Can longer-form magazine journalism reverse the decline in public interest in politics? Does the internet open up the possibility of better and more varied political debate? Where will magazines and magazine journalists fit in a multimedia and highly competitive world?
BBC Magazines’ next […]

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Question: How does being able to memorise the values of council tax bands for Wales make me a better journalist?
Presumably there is an answer, or we wouldn’t have to study it, but I can’t fathom what it might be.
I’m currently revising my for Public Administration Part 1 - Local Government exam, the joys of which […]

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Keith Allen, for Channel 4 documentary Tourette de France, promises to find out what makes the programme’s subjects tic.

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That Radio 4 programme Telling Muslim Stories [transcript] that I shamelessly plugged in the previous post made me think about something that’s been irking me for a while now: Religion as an excuse not to do things.
Times deputy editor Ben Preston said that:
I mean only last week I was floating down the news cue for […]

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