Various morning musings

The French health committee canned the sale of Red Bull, partly because a study found that rats fed taurine exhibited bizarre behaviour. That behaviour, says Vanrullen, included: "anxiety, irritability, a high sensitivity to noise --sudden jumps in their cages-- and most of all, self-mutilations."

In other words, taurine turned the rats into Goths?

prowlerwolf6 has some interesting details on the new Canadian Survivor series.  I don't know about you, but I'd pay to watch that series.

The new Doctor Who series is bloody brilliant.