winter

It's that time of year again where your cars windscreen gets all icy and snowy. What's the best way to get rid of it? The way I do it is I get a gallon or two of the hottest water my tap will let out (which is probably around 80 centigrade) and pouring it on the windscreen and then let the car...

...at least that's how worldnetdaily.com reported the warmest year on record. That's right, forget about melting ice caps, 70 degree days in the middle of winter for New Yorkers with no snow to date...WE ARE SAVING MONEY ON OUR ELECTRIC BILL...

It's mid winter where I live (New Zealand) and I have had a bad dose of the flu for the past few days. Hopefully getting over it now. Just wondering why people get the flu in winter. Why doesn't the cold of winter kill off the flu bugs?

Can anyone explain to me the training and appeal behind Olympic Curling? Not caring much about the Winter Olympics, I can't understand why Curling is even considered a sport, much less an Olympic event. From my untrained (and unappreciative) eye it seems to be at least as strenous a sport as...

This really deserves it's own thread; but have you ever heard of Venona? I would have missed it myself had I not read The Red Spy Queen. Venona was a secret NSA evesdropping program targeting the Soviet Union. Elizabeth Bentley was a Soviet spy who turned herself in to the FBI. It was...

A friend sent me this incredible, but short, blog of one of his friends spending the the past few months in the Antarctic. Full of science goodies, history, and other South Pole factoids. A shame it is so short, but it is one of the best blogs I have ever read. Antarctic Guy Blog Enjoy.

Thanks to anti-vaccination woowoos, MMR vaccination rates are down to 61% - unbelievable. How many children will die because of these idiots. measles expected in UK