An old article from the BBC (December 2004), but an intriguing one nevertheless:

ife expectancy is increasing in the developed world. But Cambridge University geneticist Aubrey de Grey believes it will soon extend dramatically to 1,000. Here, he explains why.

Ageing is a physical phenomenon happening to our bodies, so at some point in the future, as medicine becomes more and more powerful, we will inevitably be able to address ageing just as effectively as we address many diseases today.

I claim that we are close to that point because of the SENS (Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence) project to prevent and cure ageing.

It is not just an idea: it's a very detailed plan to repair all the types of molecular and cellular damage that happen to us over time.

Just a question separated from another topic.

Is divorce a sin?

I thought it wa a disliked but halaal action... meaning not a sin.

yes it has its taboos and social phobias etc, but that is not the same as a sin, so where the idea that it is a sin come from?

I also thought there were no prerequisites for divorce - that there was no requirements. People were allowed to divorce and as long as it was done in the right ways, there was no sin.

Ok, the other day when in Sainsburys I spotted something strange - milk. in a bag.

It was next to the 2 litre cartons, but it was in a bag.

Pricewise, it was 3p cheaper than the carton. but its in a bag.

Am I the only one who finds it strange that people can purchase milk in a bag? Doesn't seem like a very secure way to transport milk.

The people pushing it think it produces less waste. But its milk. in a bag.

it goes in a jug which you can buy separately - for more than the 3p you save over the cartons.

Do any you buy milk in a bag?

Quite cool really.

The Conservatives were rattled today by the future resignation of Gordon Brown and the mouthpiece of Rupert Murdoch - a major backer of the Conservatives starts to lose it.

Watch (4.5 minutes in):

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If the Conservtives get in and dismantle the BBC and Ofcom like Murdoch would like, eventually Sky News coluld turn into Fox News. Are we seeing the first step of that now?

EDIT - replaced by a better quality link.