http://www.orble.com/cop-it-sweet/ I moved to the country to face my fear of widths. Driven nearly insane by overwhelming panoramaphobia,by day I am forced to huddle in a narrow corridor, furiously typing with my lobster-like hands. Don't pity me. I am happy to be whomever I am. en Mon, 04 Feb 2008 04:20:00 GMT Mon, 04 Feb 2008 04:20:00 GMT info@orble.com info@orble.com http://www.orble.com/images/open-wide1.jpg http://www.orble.com/cop-it-sweet/ http://www.orble.com/scientists-call-for-new-epoch/ A HEATED scientific row is brewing as British geoscientists lead a push to establish a new chapter in the history of Earth - one based on human activity. Led by... http://www.orble.com/scientists-call-for-new-epoch/#comments http://www.orble.com/scientists-call-for-new-epoch/ Mon, 04 Feb 2008 04:20:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/swooping-magpies-of-death/ I don't really have anything against birds, I'm just not that into them. The feathered kind, that is. Most of the time, I hardly notice them, unless I'm eating one... http://www.orble.com/swooping-magpies-of-death/#comments http://www.orble.com/swooping-magpies-of-death/ Fri, 18 Jan 2008 22:23:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/black-is-the-new-black-in-science/ US researchers say they have made the darkest material on Earth, a substance so black it absorbs more than 99.9 per cent of light. Made from tiny tubes of carbon... http://www.orble.com/black-is-the-new-black-in-science/#comments http://www.orble.com/black-is-the-new-black-in-science/ Thu, 17 Jan 2008 22:29:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/monkey-maths/ ]Monkeys Can Perform Mental Addition Researchers at Duke University have demonstrated that monkeys have the ability to perform mental addition. In fact, monkeys performed about as well as college students... http://www.orble.com/monkey-maths/#comments http://www.orble.com/monkey-maths/ Thu, 20 Dec 2007 03:46:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/iraqs-looted-past-slowing-being-returned/ One of the less reported causalites of the war in Iraq has been the priceless archaeoligical treausres that have been looted by bandits, militiamen and soldiers and sold onto the... http://www.orble.com/iraqs-looted-past-slowing-being-returned/#comments http://www.orble.com/iraqs-looted-past-slowing-being-returned/ Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:36:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/ancient-toolkit-gives-glimpse-of-prehistoric-life/ Before the end of the last ice age, a hunter-gatherer left a bag of tools near the wall of a roundhouse residence, where archaeologists have now found the collection 14,000... http://www.orble.com/ancient-toolkit-gives-glimpse-of-prehistoric-life/#comments http://www.orble.com/ancient-toolkit-gives-glimpse-of-prehistoric-life/ Tue, 18 Dec 2007 23:08:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/fear-of-knowing-too-much/ People are scared these days. They have a fear of everything. Fear of crossing the street, of frogs, a morbid fear of satin, and probably satan too. I'm scared of... http://www.orble.com/fear-of-knowing-too-much/#comments http://www.orble.com/fear-of-knowing-too-much/ Thu, 29 Nov 2007 22:37:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/pet-hates/ How can some people be so unaware of other people's personal space? Why, in an empty train carriage, would someone choose to sit directly next to the only other occupant... http://www.orble.com/pet-hates/#comments http://www.orble.com/pet-hates/ Tue, 27 Nov 2007 07:52:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/is-there-a-fly-plague-in-melbourne/ Review on the Fly Flies are the new Mosquito in Melbourne this summer. Encouraged to flourish by the plethora of cow poo and humid conditions in NSW, they hitchhike on... http://www.orble.com/is-there-a-fly-plague-in-melbourne/#comments http://www.orble.com/is-there-a-fly-plague-in-melbourne/ Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:31:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/get-your-vote-in-early/ You don't have to wait until saturday to vote. Why not practice right now? Simply click on the vote button on this post to ensure you are not dissapointing your... http://www.orble.com/get-your-vote-in-early/#comments http://www.orble.com/get-your-vote-in-early/ Thu, 22 Nov 2007 03:11:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/ancient-chocolate-an-alcoholic-treat/ The earliest known use of cacao -- the source of our modern day chocolate -- has been pushed back more than 500 years, to somewhere between 1400 and 1100 B.C.E... http://www.orble.com/ancient-chocolate-an-alcoholic-treat/#comments http://www.orble.com/ancient-chocolate-an-alcoholic-treat/ Wed, 21 Nov 2007 23:06:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/mansized-sea-scorpion-claw-found/ The immense fossilised claw of a 2.5m-long (8ft) sea scorpion has been described by European researchers. The 390-million-year-old specimen was found in a Germany quarry, the journal Biology Letters reports... http://www.orble.com/mansized-sea-scorpion-claw-found/#comments http://www.orble.com/mansized-sea-scorpion-claw-found/ Wed, 21 Nov 2007 06:03:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/devils-dreadlocks/ VietNamNet Bridge - For the past 17 years, Ms Phung Thi Mau in Chua village, Van Thang commune, Ba Vi district, northern province of Ha Tay, has carried hair of... http://www.orble.com/devils-dreadlocks/#comments http://www.orble.com/devils-dreadlocks/ Mon, 19 Nov 2007 10:16:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/killer-review/ The Killers Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne. 14 November 2007 Those fortunate enough to be in the 12 000 strong crowd at Rod Laver Arena on Wednesday night witnessed a Killer... http://www.orble.com/killer-review/#comments http://www.orble.com/killer-review/ Mon, 19 Nov 2007 06:39:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/bad-body-bits/ I had a long drive from Metung to Melbourne after my cousins wedding last weekend. My brother and I talked little during the trip, having savaged ourselves into the wee... http://www.orble.com/bad-body-bits/#comments http://www.orble.com/bad-body-bits/ Mon, 19 Nov 2007 00:04:00 GMT