"Prelude" to what?

-- It appeared several days ago, but I saw it first today ... a story about the really, really, really, really, REALLY big ship, the "Prelude." For the moment, it seems to be the biggest.

-- The BBC is running a story entitled "Will Religion Ever Disappear?" ... a red herring question if ever I heard one. How could it disappear as long as there are those to say it will or won't?

-- In a context of inquiring-minds-want-to-know, there seems to be a deftly scientific parsing of the question, "Why Do We Fart More on Planes?"

... not for the faint of heart.


And, perhaps associatively,