What goes through the mind of somebody as they are running a marathon? Well, thanks to Nicola Ranger, the TBS crew will never have to find out first hand…
Book Review: Ready Player One – Ernest Cline
Nicola Ranger’s review of Ready Player One, Ernest Cline’s virtual reality tale set in a dystopian 2045 when the boundaries of what’s real and artificial are blurred.
Mars One: More than one way, surely?
After Mars One stole headlines with plans to send people on a one-way flight to colonise the Red Planet, Nicola Ranger asks, is there not an easier way?
The Vape – Healthy alternative to smoking or not?
To vape or not to vape? As Nicola Ranger looks at “vaping,” an alternative that quitting smokers are embracing, how is the sale of e-cigs still not legalised in Australia?
Reproduction: The birds and bees…and lab flies?
Nicola Ranger thinks research by UNSW about telegony in the reproduction of flies is all well and good, but it’s a dangerous flight of fancy to suggest the same may be true for humans.
Get in the smartphone lane (or off the footpath!)
Nicola Ranger would like to see us follow the Chinese city of Chongqing’s example and introduce smartphone footpath lanes #stoptextresumesurvive
S&M: City 2 Surf – The business of running
While all for the huge chunk of charitable cash this weekend’s annual City 2 Surf will raise, Nicola Ranger questions the industry around running for charity.
S&M: #Make Bullying History
When X-Factor contestant Alice Bottomley spoke openly about bullying in her youth, Nicola Ranger felt that such bravery helps us move closer to making bullying history.
Book Review: Through The Cracks – Honey Brown
What book is beside Nicola Ranger’s bed? A genre-crossing novel that is above all an interesting, if fictional, social commentary – “Through the Cracks” by Honey Brown.
Conspiracy theories, the web and the downward spiral of reason
With conspiracy theories on the web, Nicola Ranger says it’s good to question but it needs to be reasonable
Mother’s Day: Mirror, mirror on the wall…
It’s Mother’s Day in Australia, and our Nicola Ranger has found she may be celebrating more than she bargained for.
Is it time to pull the plug on Earth Hour?
It’s Earth Hour again today, but Nicola Ranger questions if anyone really take any notice of the event any more.
Smoke Signal: Supporters at heart of Hyundai A-League
Nicola Ranger implores fellow Hyundai A-League fans to learn from the losses that followed their silent protests and get back into the spirit of the world game.
