How To Hypnotise A Chicken

See more here.

Bronnies Diaries

Selected extract:

Wednesday 15^th July
1:00pm Floyd, one of my personal assistants, comes running into my chambers rather frantically, and asks me if I remember taking a helicopter flight from Melbourne to Geelong last year. “Well of course I remember it!” I say. “The seat didn’t recline and they had run out of Dom Perignon. It was something of a nightmare. Certainly not something one forgets quickly”.
Floyd says there may be a problem. Something about an expenses scandal, wall-to-wall coverage all over the press. “The Speaker chartering a helicopter is not a good look ma’am,” he says.
“Was my hair out of place? The gust from those blades can be rather strong,” I say, making a mental note to use stronger hair spray for future chopper flights.
“Not a good look publicly, ma’am. It was only a 75km trip,” he says, looking slightly confused.
“Well yes, that’s the distance between Melbourne and Geelong. I can’t help that. Do people expect me to circle around a few times just to increase the distance?” I say. Actually, that would have allowed me time to finish the personal massage. Not a bad idea for next time.

Read the rest of our beloved Speaker's diary entries: http://www.theshovel.com.au/2015/07/19/a-week-of-scandal-the-bronwyn-bishop-diaries/

Cassini Probe Photos of Saturn and Her Moons

This photo of Rhea, Saturn's second largest moon as it passes in front of the largest moon Titan was taken by NASA's Cassini Probe.  You can see more of these photo's here.

Azolla Fern: Absorbs So Much Carbon It Once Created An Ice Age

FIFTY million years ago the Earth was overheated by runaway greenhouse gases and the future of life seemed bleak.  But a little green fern saved the day.  Behind the shift which created the balmy climate of the past few million years was a geological coincidence: The isolation of the Arctic Ocean.

Read more about this remarkable little fern here.

The Money Or The Gun: Stairways To Heaven