http://www.boredwithsport.co.uk The online resource for the sport averse! Wed, 24 Jun 2009 06:26:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Quoty quoting from The Washington Post: Scientists have produced strong new evidence challenging one of the most fundamental assumptions in biology: that female mammals, including women, are born with all the eggs they will ever have. In a provocative set of experiments involving mice, Chinese researchers have shown for the first ... http://www.boredwithsport.co.uk/2009/04/the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it/ When I see cats going about their daily business I'm always reminded of the film 'About a Boy' where Hugh Grant is talking about filling up his day with units. One unit being equal to 30 minutes. One unit for watching countdown, two units for web based 'research' etc. I think cats ... http://www.boredwithsport.co.uk/2009/03/cat-time-is-unit-time/ I was listening to good ol' Radio 2 on the way to work yesterday and it mentioned a study that:- '... concluded that Children of older fathers have lower IQs.' The study was done by Australian scientists using data from the U.S. So I thought, "Yawn! Another red wine is bad for you, ... http://www.boredwithsport.co.uk/2009/03/data-is-timeless/ Now that Lloyds Banking Group shares are literally cheaper than chips (53.80 pence as I write) you might find 'The Daily Mail' giving them away free on a Saturday like they do with DVDs. No doubt someone will be making money out of all this share price slaughter, namely the hedge ... http://www.boredwithsport.co.uk/2009/02/slip-slidin-away/ There seems to be something strange going on at the various news channels throughout the country. A number of the regular presenters are getting pregnant. Already we've seen the demise of Cathy Newman from Channel 4 news as well as Kylie Morris from More 4. You'll no doubt know about Sian Williams ... http://www.boredwithsport.co.uk/2009/02/reading-the-news-causes-pregnancy/