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This week in violence
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Paul W.S. Anderson’s Resident Evil: Afterlife and Robert Rodriguez and Ethan Maniquis’ Machete both opened this month and both are stupid. Why then, has Machete achieved an honourable 72 per cent approval rating on...
Hip replacement
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This is not the first time I’ve been asked to write about hipsters, and judging by the topic’s current popularity, one would be inclined to think members of this species were multiplying rabbit-like.
Hipsters!...
Sex and the campus
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You might not be quite aware of it, since it has become such a part of your daily life, but you’re in a love affair, so are your parents, grandparents, friends and professors. Everyone...
Don’t let the bed bugs bite
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Do you remember the old saying, “Don’t let the bed bugs bite”? That phrase has recently taken on a literal meaning as, depending on where you take residence, you might be suffering from an...
Fake plastic trees
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Solar panels are everyone’s favourite answer to our current energy crisis. They’re environmentally friendly, produce no emissions and use an abundant energy source. As it stands, they’re also horribly inefficient, they consist of scarce...
Something wicked this way comes
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When reflecting on the H1N1 crisis last year, one can’t help but get the feeling the whole thing was way overblown. Still, it was impressive to see the massive mobilization of vaccines, hand sanitizer...
Sparkly rock shines light on social responsibility
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There is a diamond ring for sale. It’s blue — vivid blue, to be precise — and it is expected to sell for about US$15 million at an auction in New York this October....
