The most popular story on BBC News right now asks, “What Happened to Global Warming ?” It’s a great question.  The story explains that the last decade has been pretty chilly: For the last 11 years we have not observed any increase in global temperatures… And our climate models did not forecast it, even though [...]

Are you prone to search “elsewhere” before searching your own music collection for a particular song ? While recently doing so myself (for a completely “fair use” project), I was struck by the sheer laziness of my actions. Yet, I thought (after finding the song in an instant), certainly the global internets should be trusted [...]

The evidence is mounting that tea — in particular green tea — is a very healthy way of enjoying a hot beverage with a shot of caffeine. I take mine from the coffee shop with milk, more to cool it off than to mellow out green tea’s already very subtle flavour. But at home, I [...]