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Monday, 21 November 2016

Mini-ramble

 

So these were the most popular stories posted in last Friday’s Ramble:

  1. CERN boffins see strange ... oh, wait, that's just New Zealand moving 2m north – THE REGISTER (UK)
  2. 15 Astonishing GIFs Showing How Things Really Work – A PLUS
  3. UK, USA… NZ? Why the Greens’ surrender to the dark side of immigration should scare us all – THE SPINOFF
  4. How Surgeons Stay Focused for Hours – WALL STREET JOURNAL
  5. What Happens After Eating Local, Sustainable, Organic Kale Juice? – QUACKWATCH
  6. The largest oil deposit ever found in America was just discovered in Texas – YAHOO
  7. Leave us alone, Gauleiter Brownlee – THOUGHTS FROM 40o SOUTH
  8. Brian Tamaki – Saint or Sinner? – BRIAN EDWARDS MEDIA
  9. Could the earthquakes reduce Kiwirail distortions? – STEPHEN FRANKS
  10. New Theory of Gravity Could Explain Missing Matter - No Need for Dark Matter (TWIS) – WAKELET

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