I'm a little curious as to where you get this median age from, and rather more curious as to why you think the mean (average) is therefore lower.

A recent report suggests that "[o]n average, cars are 17 years old when they head to the scrap heap", while other online sources tend to quote a figure of around 14 years...

Gosh, there just isn't enough time available for me to watch everything I want to watch!

(which explains why my TiVo has ~300 hours of stuff recorded, and generally sits at 99% full).

./troll
#needstogetalife

I must admit, despite being a regular donor, this was pretty much my first thought on reading the headline.

On reading the summary, however, my take away is that they are more concerned about the future supply of contributors - i.e. who's going to write new articles, etc.

Not going to read the full article ofc, so take this knee-jerk with a pinch of salt.

That's not a bias, that's self preservation...

Ask Julia to get you some instead, if you haven't already...

I'll use this product as an (incredibly overpriced) example of a 'better' way of getting a quick caffeine fix.

Personal opinion, but when half a kilo costs ~£5 (at my local GrapeTree) it's hard to say "no"...

Indeed. It is one of those things he is, truly, the greatest at!

I sometimes wonder if a large part of his 'appeal' isn't akin to the fascination people have with accidents: I mean, his train of thought derails so often there's always plenty of opportunity for 'shock value'.

The polarisation of politics right now is just evolution experimenting with the correct response to a Trump in our time...

And her 'occasional' word-salads.

It seemed to me that she was so afraid of saying the 'wrong thing', she became functionally incapable of saying anything; well, anything of substance anyway.

So, partially, a consequence of self-censorship, do you think?

It's interesting that you jumped straight to him fucking dogs though, rather than him merely owning both dogs and a saxophone...

I had always presumed it was a play on words, rather than an admission of bestiality.

After your first reply I guessed you were 'fragile' - why else resort to belittling someone for gently correcting a mistake.

Now, well...

It's something of a truism that the accusations we level at others are, in reality, our own failings. Thanks for showing us all who you really are!

And, not that it's particularly important, but just for the record, I took a chemistry module 2 years ago (so rather more recently than the 90's), as part of my degree and got a module mark of 95%.

I'm afraid your sarcasm is lost on me. Perhaps if you were to provide an actual quote from the book that you've linked to, one that backs up the statement you made about there being no difference between man-made and natural compounds, your intent would be clearer...

After all, by my understanding, and to quote from an easily accessible source the difference can be a matter of life or death: "This subtle difference can have profound implications for biological processes and drug interactions, as the human body often exhibits specificity for one enantiomer over the other." (c.f. thalidomide)

Both incorrect. I guess that just goes to show that, despite 'everyone' knowing what you both meant, imprecision in language leads to potential misunderstandings when it comes to reporting on science.

Yeah, me either...

Then that organic chemist needs to go back to school and revisit the topic of chiral molecules...

That said:

Indeed, there's an awful lot of absolute rubbish being spouted by some of these people e.g. "carrots aren't food".

Possibly because Article 4 of the Budapest Memorandum states "The ... United States of America reaffirm their commitment to to seek immediate United Nations Security Council action to provide assistance to Ukraine, ... , if Ukraine should become a victim of an act of aggression ... ."

When taken in conjunction with the nature / membership of the Security Council, not to mention the US's history of military interventions c.f. The Gulf War(s), it is a not unreasonable leap to assume that the US would step in.

That the aforementioned Memorandum doesn't, apparently, reach the bar of being an international treaty but is instead merely a set of political assurances (and most definitely not guarantees - not in the English language versions of the document anyway) does go some way to explaining why the common man might easily come to mistrust and / or despise politicians and lawyers. Um, sorry, I mean might easily explain why the confusion arose, and why it persists.

Sorry to hear that - though prognoses / progression timelines are not always accurate. Either way, I hope it's painless...
 
...even though I'm pretty sure we're miles apart politically. ;-)

(not from the US myself, so I guess that last goes without saying)

Seriously though, I'll miss reading your comments!