'Phenomena' Category
Debating the human contradiction: Alien, Clanger or both?
The Nurse never cries. But she wept last night when she heard the news that there are only three thousand wild tigers left. And she cried again after hearing UK farmers will soon be allowed to kill badgers on their land. The whole thing set her musing on the human condition. Or the human contradiction, as she prefers to [...]
The happiness experiment
The Nurse enjoys researching stuff. Her fellow inmates mostly enjoy it too, although they’re naturally wary when forced to take part in her more bizarre experiments. Many of which are downright dangerous, if not lethal. So everyone was relieved to find her latest proposition wasn’t particularly dodgy, just a simple experiment to find out more about the nature of happiness. The Nurse’s happiness experiment [...]
Homeopathic nonsense: If it works, homeopathy defies the laws of physics
Do you believe in Homeopathy? The Nurse isn’t convinced. Why? Because to work, it’d have to defy the laws of physics. Even if you wouldn’t know a law of physics if it punched you on the nose, you probably realise that it is 100% impossible to defy them. Fact: the only way homeopathy could work is if it managed [...]
Ginger, freckly and… black! Dare BNP members take genetic ancestry tests?
The Nurse is delighted to discover that, from a genetic perspective, she’s 50% black. The Nurse has a little Brother. He’s had his DNA analysed by Oxford Ancestors to find out the family’s genetic origins. The test establishes where your great, great, great, great (etc) granny and grandad originated. It traces your rellies back through the millennia, as far back as [...]
