Biotech — Boy, Have We Come A Long Way!
The twentieth century word “Biotechnology” was coined to depict the creation of useful products with the aid of living organisms. So, for example, several of our prized foods such as bread, …
The Russian roulette of travelling out of and into the USA
The term Russian roulette is the practice of loading a bullet into one chamber of a revolver, spinning the cylinder, and then pulling the trigger while pointing the gun at one’s …
Being Quarantined is no Fun
As a joke, on the 21st February 2020 I put a post on my Facebook page asking if anyone wanted a free cruise. I was absolutely shocked by the number of …
Trump wall, government shutdown, Brexit and dengue
2019 kicks off with the usual vagaries as any other year, and until the 2019/20 Budget is tabled and discussed, all is mere conjecture. So let us look at the current …