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As a few people have commented at the end of the article, bacteriophages can be used to treat bacterial infections, and whenever bacteria evolve resistance to them, bacteriophages can evolve to overcome that resistance. There are no technical problems preventing their widespread use - I've checked t...

Well, we've had the first black POTUS, why not the first, ermm, differently abled? You didn't know that Franklin D Roosevelt was disabled? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt%27s_paralytic_illness I did. I just like taking the bladder secretions out of Palin. Isn't that offensive to ...

This system will not be overturned without blood being spilt. :shock: :shock: :shock: in 1940 we had conditions the german resistance to hitler were given for ending the war they were 1 get rid of hitler and the nazi party well thats understandable . Condition 2 germany must return to the gold stan...

Oh, and we can now look forward to Paul Ryan (or worse) as POTUS. Sarah Palin vs Hillary Clinton in 2016? Well, we've had the first black POTUS, why not the first, ermm, differently abled? You didn't know that Franklin D Roosevelt was disabled? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt%27s...

The banks have kept $100 + $90 + $81 + ... on deposit, a total of $1000. Meanwhile, out of thin air, they have created $900 + $810 + ..., a total of $9000. Not only that, but they're charging interest (let's say 5% APR) on the $9000 they lend, so they get $450. And they pay, say 4% interest on depo...

It looks like John Hayes was speaking off message, and has been wrapped on the knuckles by Ed Davey ( http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/oct/31/coalition-energy-policy-row-ed-davey ). Let's see if the Lib Dem is able to get his way - the Lib Dems haven't been too successful at moderating the To...

Probably not a good idea to put me and an investment banker in the same room. Fractional reserve banking means that for every £1 you have deposited at your bank, you can magic another £9 (for example) into existence. Describing it as JSD has done makes no difference to the reality, as explained in ...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy ... ister.html.

I presume the nimbies will be more than pleased to have shale gas wells built near their homes instead of wind farms then.

This really is the age of stupid.

stevecook172001 wrote:In any event, some people need really do need to consider a volt-face on watt I consider to be their current negative position on this issue

Auf Ihrem Fahrrad!

stumuzz wrote:These puns are all painfully old. Don't you know any ' current ' ones.

It's only a matter of time before the ampere strikes back.

ziggy12345 wrote:The Swedish just dropped the charges.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11049316

Now he is free to leave the embassy to be picked up by the UK police and extradited to the USA for spying charges

Check the date on that report. It's old news.

The prisoners replace the existing workforce, or non-prisoners in the search for work, so they (the workers and job seekers) lose out. Taxpayers have to fund their benefits, so they lose out too. For the prisoners it's neutral. The only winner is the company. They don't have any employees to pay, so...

Actually, I cannot argue with the logic here. If cars users are are subject to a specialist tax for using the road and all taxpayers are centrally taxed for using the pavement, there is no logical argument for not subjecting cyclists to a specialist tax for using the roads. However, such a tax shou...

This is apples and oranges SS. If a Zebra crossing is visible to a driver (and it will be due to the orange beacons and clear road markings) then there are clear and predetermined protocols that the driver knows in advance in relation to such a crossing. Thus, the driver knows in advance that they ...

I can't recommend it too strongly, but I don't think it should be enforced , as the result would be that almost everyone would be put off bicycling. Your suggestion of number plates, road tax (which car drivers haven't paid since the 1930s), etc. is about as sensible as requiring that cars shouldn'...