March 2008 Archives
By Stevie HarrisonNot content with discovering penicillin and theorising the creation of the universe, scientists are always pushing the boundaries of human endeavors.
Without them we would have no idea that parents of young babies get less sleep or that eating unhealthy makes you more likely to be obese.
In what can only be seen as a desperate cry for help researchers from the University of California have taken time out from looking for a cure for cancer and developing environment saving reduced carbon cars researcher - to drop geckos.
The details will undoubtedly cause the animal rights movement to flock together in protest, our brave boffins spent their day, and no doubt a healthy research budget, dropping these poor little lizards down a tunnel and watching how they flick their tails to land successfully.
Continue reading Rant: Scientists with nothing better to do.
I had been give twenty minutes notice that I would have a call from Rocky’s mom. Not knowing anything about Jackie Stallone - the mother of musclebound actor Sly - I hurriedly prepared a series of questions about him and passed them over to my news-editor.
Having been a scribe for just two weeks I was hoping for some encouragement or much needed advice. Instead he sat there, shaking his head. After what felt like an eternity he looked up and said just one word “Rumpology” ... then my phone started ringing.
Bemused I sat back at my desk and picked up the phone, it was a PR woman who introduced herself and said Jackie was in a rush, she would only have a couple of minutes " ... and don’t mention Sly.”
Continue reading Quirkies: Jackie Stallone.
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