Australia has always been a creative country. Present us with a problem and we will find a solution. I suspect that it goes all the way back to the days of squatters and homesteads and drovers. In those days, supply… Read More ›
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Waking Terror
The Relief Yesterday, I watched a documentary film called The Nightmare which presents people’s experiences with Sleep Paralysis. I cried almost the entire time from a mingled sense of fear and overwhelming relief. The fear was because listening to these… Read More ›
Ian Simmins in ‘Fortean Times FT227:62 ‘
“Science can be looked at in two ways, I suppose: as a selfless quest for knowledge in the service of human progress; or as a really good excuse to blow shit up.”
David Hambling in ‘Fortean Times July 2009, FT249:14’
“Scientists often prefer to ignore the inexplicable.” —David Hambling in ‘Fortean Times July 2009, FT249:14’
Ebola by William T. Close M.D.
Opening Sentence:Fly due east toward the coast of Africa, six degrees below the equator, altitude one thousand feet above the sea. Synopsis:It strikes without warning – a horrifying, lethal disease with no name. And no cure. At a Catholic mission… Read More ›
Ebola-Like Virus Returns to Europe After 40 Years
Marburg, a deadly haemorrhagic fever closely related to Ebola, is back in Europe, after a four-decade absence. On Friday, 11 July, a 40-year old Dutch woman died in a quarantined ward of a hospital in Leiden, the Netherlands, less than… Read More ›
Plague: A Story of Science, Rivalry, and the Scourge That Won’t Go Away by Edward Marriott
Synopsis:Plague. The very word carries an unholy resonance. No other disease can claim its apocalyptic power: it can lie dormant for centuries, only to resurface with nation-killing force. Here, with the high drama of an adventure tale, Edward Marriott unravels… Read More ›
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