January 2009
3 posts
Happy Burns night whether you do it today or... →
“Apple has posted strong quarterly results that beat analysts’ expectations...”
– BBC NEWS | Business | Apple posts best quarterly profit
'Evil water' linked to mysterious drownings →
‘Four subjects were asked to swim a short distance in both homogeneous water and in stratified water. The team found that with the same stroke frequency being used in both conditions, swimming speed in stratified water dropped by 15%, with a 40% loss of propulsive power… We’ve been considering the possibility that the drownings of strong swimmers in fair-weather conditions might...