I Think We're Lucky To Be Living

Do We Really Require So Many Gardening Programmes, Makeover Programmes Or Celebrity Chefs?

I Would Be Absolutely Astounded If Population Growth And Industrialisation And All The Stuff We Are Pumping Into The Atmosphere Hadn't Changed The Climatic Balance. Of Course It Has. There Is No Valid Argument For Denial.

The Most Extraordinary Thing About Trying To Piece Together The Missing Links In The Evolutionary Story Is That When You Do Find A Missing Link And Put It In The Story, You Suddenly Need All These Other Missing Links To Connect To The New Discovery. The Gaps And Questions Actually Increase - It's Extraordinary.

It's Like Saying That Two And Two Equals Four, But If You Wish To Believe It, It Could Also Be Five ... Evolution Is Not A Theory; It Is A Fact, Every Bit As Much As The Historical Fact That William The Conqueror Landed In 1066.

There's A Small Worm Called Loa Loa Filariasis. This Parasite Can Survive In One Environment Exclusively- Namely, Underneath The Skin And Inside The Eyes Of Human Beings. Children And The Elderly In Tropical Regions (usually The Poorest) Are The Most Widely Affected. A Painful, Slow Death Is Virtually Certain. The Worm Can Actually Live In The Host For 17 Years Before The Host Finally Dies.