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Tag: Python

The loadbearing capacity of the Taishuh horse (study)

September 30, 2013 Martin Gardiner

The keeper of the ‘Bridge of Death’ (Terry Gilliam) made a grave error in not specifying to which breed of swallow his question applied. But authors A. Matsuura, S. Sakuma, M. Irimajiri and K. HodateĀ  from the Department of Animal Science, School of Veterinary Medicine, Kitasato University, Towada, Aomori, Japan, have made no such mistake […]

Research Newshorses, ponies, Python, Swallow, unladen

A documentary of documentaries (Monty Python)

January 16, 2012 Marc Abrahams

This documentary film, called “Away From It All“, was shown in movie theaters in Britain immediately preceding the Monty Python film “Life of Brian“. In just 12 minutes, it visits a large number of topics and places. If you watch just one documentary film this year, it will almost certainly remind you of this one […]

Arts and Sciencedocumentary, everything, film, Python
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