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How the smell of rain reaches your nose | The Times
How the smell of rain reaches your nose | The Times
A raindrop pounding a porous surface traps tiny air bubbles at the point of contact. Those tiny bubbles are then catapulted upwards, ultimately bursting from the drop in a fizz of aerosols. And so the tiny droplets are sent flying into the air and blow away on a breeze that then reaches your nose with their heady scent. archived 22 Apr 2022
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How the smell of rain reaches your nose | The Times
About how humans measure time
About how humans measure time
The Sun sometimes runs up to 16 minutes fast in its daily travels across the sky, and sometimes as much as 14 minutes slow, depending on the season. This effect arises from the tilt of the Earth's axis and the ellipticity of the Earth's orbit around the Sun.
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About how humans measure time
Maureen Guinness, the late Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava, was a vacuous snob whose idea of fun was to turn up at the houses of society hostesses wearing a comedy penis nose, a fart machine carefully hidden between her legs.
Maureen Guinness, the late Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava, was a vacuous snob whose idea of fun was to turn up at the houses of society hostesses wearing a comedy penis nose, a fart machine carefully hidden between her legs.
hmm it might be me but i think that's pretty funny! from Rachel Cooke's review in the Observer of Why Not Say What Happened? A book by Ivana Lowell about life inside the Guinness clan.
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Maureen Guinness, the late Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava, was a vacuous snob whose idea of fun was to turn up at the houses of society hostesses wearing a comedy penis nose, a fart machine carefully hidden between her legs.
The rise of platonic life partnerships
The rise of platonic life partnerships
This really is a grotesquely stupid little article but ok I don't think this website's number one concern is critiquing patriarchy or capitlaism.
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The rise of platonic life partnerships
Trinny Woodall: I became addicted to cocaine because I had a total lack of confidence. I was very insecure and unappealing. I finally stopped because I didn’t recognise myself. I was so detached from life; I had no feelings. That is a scary thing.
Trinny Woodall: I became addicted to cocaine because I had a total lack of confidence. I was very insecure and unappealing. I finally stopped because I didn’t recognise myself. I was so detached from life; I had no feelings. That is a scary thing.
The Times 11 June 2022
I don’t do Botox to look young. I do it not to look tired. If I look in the mirror and feel awake and alert, I will be awake and alert. If I look exhausted, I feel it. I want to feel full of energy – that’s all it is.
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Trinny Woodall: I became addicted to cocaine because I had a total lack of confidence. I was very insecure and unappealing. I finally stopped because I didn’t recognise myself. I was so detached from life; I had no feelings. That is a scary thing.
Why Gen Z are on speed
Why Gen Z are on speed
so you could have an archetypal boring old fart’s tut tut reaction to this (oh they will never appreciate charles dickens or the great russian novels) or you could say, good on gen z for not allowing producers of long winded entertainments and self indulgent university lecturers that go on and on to waste their time ...
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Why Gen Z are on speed