Many bold scientists prod away at the premises of their own discipline.
49th over: England 221-4 (Pietersen 112 Flintoff 40) Zaheer Khan again then, and the England pair survive a fairly unlikely run-out shout after Flintoff is a little slow to set off after a delicate prod away.
The goalkeeper and Christensen were unable to repel it from the goal mouth as Son attempted to hack it home, with Alli – a calm head amid the mayhem – eventually squeezing out enough space to prod away his shot from close range.
Kolhi prods away a couple more dots then looks for the big hit.
'A far better source,' he grinned, 'someone at the heart of the problem.' Then with one flat Dublin phrase, he swept my friendly prodding away: 'The mother!' His look dared me to contradict that authority.
Yet, tender as it is to have someone - even someone mechanical - prodding away gently and uncomplainingly at your kidneys for a while, this probably wasn't the stress-busting, totally reinvigorating, all-Swedish experience I had been quietly hoping for.
Alongside her academic work, Aderin-Pocock has relentlessly pursued a schedule of school visits – setting up her own company in the process – to give children a whistlestop tour of the universe as well as offering a glimpse of the excitement, the wonder, the sheer joy of prodding away at some of the biggest questions we humans wrangle with.
That heart pain, we come to see, subsequently prods away at all of those who see Corrigan fall "for real" in McCann's fiction, and his death, in turn, becomes an allegory for the shock and aftermath of 9/11, for the city's fall and its own new equilibrium.
Equally, Republicans are prodding away, but not continuing the full-blooded attack.
In Rooney's defence, he was playing in a position he tolerates rather than enjoys and it showed in particular in the first half, when Leighton Baines was offered little or no protection as Italy prodded away at England's left flank.
For a large portion of the record DeMarco is essentially talking to himself, staring at a mirror image, prodding away and seeing what's inside his head.
