Last week I was stung on the face by a bee. Sadly, the bee died. I am still going strong.
Image credit: Robert W. Matthews, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org
Had the bee survived, and had I given it some kind of sugary reward, then according to scientists at the Université de Toulouse, it would have remembered my face.
I really couldn’t say the same for the bee, I’m afraid they all look the same to me.
The theme here is obviously home defence, but I guess if you can’t live with the fear any longer, your gun is also conveniently located for a suicide attempt.
As links between mobile phone usage and brain tumours become more evident there is some good news, mobile phones may also enhance your memory and prevent the development of Alzheimer’s disease.
Yesterday was the 43rd anniversary of the death and subsequent freezing of Dr. Bedford – the worlds first successful cryogenics patient (successful in the fact that he is still frozen and, unfortunately, also still dead).
Quoting from the 1967 issue of Freeze-Wait-Reanimate,
there may be some hope for reanimation in the distant future when reanimation techniques have been perfected and a cure for cancer [the cause of death] has been found. [1]
Dr. Bedford, a retired psychology professor from Los Angeles, was 73 at the time of the procedure. Below we see Dr Bedford’s daughter-in-law Cecilia patiently awaiting his return.
David Harvey speaks about ‘the right to reshape the city in a different image’. He presents the city as a manifestation of our heart’s desire; ‘In remaking the city we remake ourselves. The question of what kind of city do we want cannot be divorced from questions about what kind of people do we want to be.’
Harvey points out that urban development doesn’t fix poverty, it simply moves it around – gentrification of the urban environment is achieved through the suburbanisation of the poor.
He urges us to ask ‘who’s heart’s desire is driving the reconfiguration of the city?’