"Tardigrades: water bears in space"

"In 2007, a little known creature called a tardigrade (non-scientific name, the water bear) became the first animal to survive exposure to space.

It prevailed over sub-zero temperatures, unrelenting solar winds and an oxygen-deprived space vacuum.

On Monday, this microscopic cosmonaut has once again hitched a ride into space on the Nasa shuttle Endeavour."  - BBC

WATER BEARS IN SPACE

Imagine the scene in a time far, far away
The Earth is long since gone
Eaten by the Sun
The Sun itself has morphed
from giant to frozen dwarf

Deep in the depths of space
a race picks up a trace
of life from another place

They marvel at the life saved
Find its name on board
and call its planet 'Terra Tardigrade'
and ponder the ways of that world

"David Willetts plans to let rich parents buy top uni places"

THE MAN FROM THE MINISTRY


Private education for the gentility
will now go on to university
and this increases social mobility
(Says the man from The Ministry of Truth)

Do you not get the picture?
The rich will get richer
and the poor relatively more poor
This is what is meant by social mobility
(Says the man from the Ministry of Truth)

Do not forget what we told you
WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
and above all
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH
(Says the man from the Ministry of Truth)

"Osama Bin Laden killed by US forces"

LAST ONE STANDING

Revenge is sweet?
No, revenge is a bitter pill
leading to revenge until
the last one's left standing.
Revenged, but alone.
No one else at home.