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A day late but never mind. Email access here is patchy (ie a computer lab across the road rather than on-site wifi) so there won't be mu...

I'm off to the UK shortly, for a workshop on "Uncertainty, Probability, Models and Climate Change". It is such a highly top ...

So I spoke too soon. It seems that Japan has rounded enough of its mercenaries to actually win a vote for once. Does it matter? Some conser...

Japan's hopes to buy up the IWC seem to have run aground for the time being at least. I have to say I have little sympathy for either s...

This sort of stuff scares me about living in Japan. The police have completely draconian powers, and routinely hold suspects for up to 3 we...

And this time the Comment on Hegerl et al is definitely in the bin. No surprise there, and I did appreciate getting a more reasonably-worde...

This looks like a really nice piece of research. Kevin Vranes, take note :-) No, really, that last comment was meant as a joke. But the fin...

In a country that only accepts about 10 asylum-seekers per year, each one is headline news .

Since Kevin raised the issue , I thought I would present some of the arguments against the campaign for compulsory helmet use for cyclists. ...

Well whoopdedoo . I suppose there is no real reason to actually complain, but for people with jobs, getting a visa extension is generally no...