And in the beginning was the word.. The word began as a whisper, a whisper in the airless, spaceless and  timeless void. The word became thu...

  In its simplest form, the pigeon repeats a three syllable phrase which could be “I love you. I love you…”  When the pigeon extends its cal...

Lists Here’s two wonderful examples of apparently random lists - the first is from ‘The Aleph’ by Jorge Luis Borges: On the back part of the...

When I was in hospital recently I spent a few days lying on my side. When I finally opened my eyes everything had rotated though 90 degrees....

Zeno’s paradox is based on the idea that time and space are divisible. Here is the paradox in its simplest form: A moving thing to get f...

How is anything new ever made? Perhaps this question can be boiled down to a simpler one: How do we make a choice when there are few con...

Tumbleweed Once they have enjoyed the splendour and energy of City Park and admired the ornate elegance of City hall, a visitor wandering...