The Science Connection: singles need apply -or- You can’t make this stuff up.
– file this under “+1 for spectacular use of scientific language” – I signed up for The Scientist a while back. Recently, I received this email:…
Read articleGraffiti, Animation, Art? – I’m confused and very excited.
My recent crude espousal of stop-motion animation with my own toolbox led me to discovering a wonderful artist working in Argentina: Blu. His work appears to…
Read articleSummer Reading – What say you?
I have to admit, I don’t read very much. That isn’t true. I read so much (primary science literature) that I no longer want to read…
Read articleAnother reason to love the internet: finding out if you neighbour has donated money to a presidential candidate, and how much -or- On the origins of family feuds.
The Huffington Post has created an interactive database of every donation made to the 2008 US presidential candidates that you can peruse at your own leisure.…
Read articleSpring Office Cleaning -or- How Do You Stay Organized? -or- What Textbooks Did You Choose To Buy?
It’s the end of the semester; classes are over, marking is done, and my office is a sty: This always happens – a flurry of the…
Read articleTexas Rejects Creationist Degree Accreditation
Back in February, I first read about a proposal from the Institute of Creation Science that advocated the Texas government to approve an accreditation request for…
Read articleZero Mile Diet Trend A Provincial Hit?
I’ve been scooped! From the Tyee: The director of a Vancouver non-profit urban-agriculture group suggests that the eat-local movement may have reached a new tipping point.…
Read articleHurrah! It’s back! *SOSPICUH* is back!
I just couldn’t let this die. Ladies and gents, esteemed Terry* readers, and internet goers directed here via Google: I invite all of you to take…
Read articleSomething to add to your weekly reading:
Ben Fry’s Blog An MIT alumnus, he wrote “Visualizing Data”, perhaps better known among certain social circles as, “Hot Science Porn”. Fry thinks up novel, intuitive…
Read articleExcellent conference at the Liu Institute: The Challenges of Large Scale Public Engagement
Too bad it’s happening today. If anyone is attendance, I would love to hear how it went – why not write up a summary and have…
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