That would be a more convincing argument if there wasn't a vaccine for TB and effective treatment for malaria (it kills so many people because it's prevalent in poor areas of the world). The two benefits are available artificially and with no (or far fewer) side effects.

Yeah, I did think that too but decided to be optimistic and assumed there was only one mistake.

That "Cambridge researchers" paragraph shows something more impressive about the brain: it can figure out that "rscheearch" is supposed to be "researcher", even though it's not actually an anagram like it should be.

They have already made this threat (no male athletes if you don't send any women), hence the fact that any female athletes were (supposedly) in contention for a place at all. Let's see if they go through with it, or if the "they didn't make the cut I'm afraid" excuse works. IIRC, a similar excuse was used by the…

Maybe they just object to an additional surcharge on raising children? Sure it's small compared to the costs of raising a child in total but still not exactly small change.

Businesses have shown time and time again that they can't be trusted without external regulation. Hell, even with external regulation it's best not to trust them. It's kind of a surprise to see io9 claim otherwise given that we routinely get articles (rightly) detailing the various failings of food and pharmaceutical…

My dad always complains about the level of coverage US politics gets over here (we're British). This is a good reason why. Voting for Bush killed Kenyan women. If that's not globalisation, I don't know what is.

They're not so much "foreign guest workers" as they are indentured labourers/slaves. I don't really care much for people who go to the UAE with the intent of exploiting salvery so I'm not particularly fussed if they can't dress how they please. At least they didn't confiscate your passport on entering the country.

Many people who lived in Western Europe (particularly the UK) during the BSE crisis are barred from donating blood in parts of the world, including, I think, parts of the USA. A ban on gay men donating blood is not necessarily motivated by homophobia. The most at-risk groups for HIV infection are all barred. The list…

I agree. But assuming we don't magically create a utopia in the next few weeks, I'm not going to criticise people who try to make sure their kids don't stand out and attract the attention of bullies. No-one disagrees with the idea that we should stop bullying.

But an adult certainly shouldn't tell a child that another adult is cruel for not shaving their kid.

Do men cope with it that well? The number of veterans who are homeless or in prison suggests they don't either. This woman's basing her entire argument on her personal (i.e. anecdotal) experience.

Was the Eastern Tennessee story about that Memphis toff Elise? She really bugs me.

Can stories be too linear? I'd prefer a little more variety in story construction.

That's a lot of tips. I find "ask your partner what she likes, then do that" is both easier to remember and more useful.

The US government is reluctant to investigate religions. They actually imprisoned a whole load of members a while back (including Hubbard's wife) but it's been largely quiet since then, even though the Church is still up to its old tricks. Although probably not with quite such audacity.

The women offered to play 5 sets at the Slams but they decided against it.

Man, this is really, really embarrassing. I wonder if this guy actually thought this was a helpful thing to write. And if he couldn't have conveyed the same message by writing "STAY AWAY FROM ME" in big bold letters on his forehead.

One day, the conservative wing in the States is going to have a terrible epiphany when they realise that everything they've done up to that point has been completely insane and totally evil.

Isn't the most common argument (in the UK anyway) against increased surveillance and reduced privacy the possibility for abuse? If you could guarantee that it wouldn't be exploited by a nefarious government then it would probably become a lot more palatable to people because there are potential gains. Certainly from a…