HUMAN FERTILITY IS PLUMMETING
Human fertility is plummeting. Sperm count and penis sizes are decreasing. Now there’s a headline destined to attract attention. The end of humankind? It …
CORN STARCH PACKAGING
A delivery of dog food to our house last week had a notice on the outside which said, “Corn Starch Packaging”. I don’t normally read …
Tyranny Versus Democracy
In the World balance of tyranny versus democracy, democracy has been in decline every year since 2006. Freedom House publishes an annual report called …
AN AFRICAN KINGDOM INSIDE BOLIVIA
An African Kingdom inside Bolivia sounds like a take-off of the Eddie Murphy film “Coming to America”, which has just been released as a sequel. …
DEMOGRAPHICS ARE IRREFUTABLE
Short of mass genocide, pandemics or large asteroids hitting the earth, demographics are irrefutable, and cannot be changed. Yet we pay little attention to them. …
THE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL
The Center for Disease Control (CDC) is based in Atlanta. When I was a volunteer in Sierra Leone in the nineteen-sixties, the CDC was spoken …
ZEALANDIA & ITS INDIGENOUS ANIMALS
Part three of this continuing blog will focus on Zealandia & its indigenous animals. Unfortunately, we only have first-hand knowledge of what might have lived …
ZEALANDIA THE EIGHTH CONTINENT
Zealandia the eighth continent of planet Earth seems set to upset a whole variety of scientific applecarts. Last week’s blog introduced the new continent, and …
BURULI ULCER THE NEXT PANDEMIC?
Buruli ulcer the next pandemic? The Center for Disease Control in Atlanta, and its guru Dr. Fauci, have been trying to warn people that more …
MACHHAPUCHHARE THE SACRED MOUNTAIN
Machhapuchhare the sacred mountain of Nepal is a rarity in a country that has embraced mountain tourism. Nepal has many peaks that are higher, but …