It was going to another place where measures were sometimes subjected to Rhadamanthine scrutiny, but he hoped the just principles which this House had recognised by large majorities would be considered on their merits.

As in much of biology, the most satisfying truths in ecology derive from manipulative experimentation. Tinker with nature and quantify how it responds.

Unlike those flamboyant bowerbirds, a worm might simply decide that it is better off without us, and retire from public life.

His pipe was very sabotageable, and we'd empty out the tobacco, put back a thin layer, pack about twenty match-heads in, then cover them with another layer of tobacco. George would light up, puff away for a while, then the lot would detonate […]