Posts by Dave Semeniuk

Tips for Procrastination: get with the making iMovie your best friend already.

Today is the last day of exams (hurrah!). Of course, this means that, as undergraduates collectively take a large, audible sigh of relief, Profs and TAs…

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Pondering Scientific Humor, Again.

We know scientists are a quirky group – they love topical T-shirts, have an affinity for puns, and, as I discovered this morning, scientists love infusing…

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How To: Avoid using synthetic furniture oils

I was watching something on television recently (I can’t remember the program) where a crew of people were helping families to “green up” their lives. Besides…

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Pine Beetle Infestation Turns BC Forests into Atmospheric Carbon Source

This just out in Nature: BC researchers estimate the Pine beetle to be responsible for more than 5 times the carbon dioxide emissions released from all…

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Electricity Free Refrigeration – A Summer Experiment?

Hey, you there – ASIC student. At the beginning of this term, you were probably thinking, “Now, what do I need thermodynamics for? How will thermodynamics…

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Don’t let your classes get in the way of your education -or- Welcome to Grad school.

A friend of mine once told me that – of course, he wasn’t referring to what I am referring to below, but instead he was justifying…

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Founder and Former Greenpeace Leader: “Why I left Greenpeace”

The Wallstreet journal published an opinions piece (not a big surprise) by Patrick Moore, and why he left Greenpeace.  His answer: don’t be mixing your politics…

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Crew Sails To Giant Pacific Garbage Patch – or so they thought?

this is very rad A group of online television folks decided, after having read all the news articles and seen all the mock-up drawings of the…

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Researchers Slingin’ Dope to Animated Mice – or – Fun ways to teach kids about their brains on drugs

this is fun Researchers at the University of Utah have put together a fun, interactive animation to teach users about, “The physiology of the high.” There…

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Vancouver Transit: Ride For Free – Get Tasered!

According to the Globe and Mail, Vancouver Metro Transit officials feel it is within their guidelines to taser riders who refuse to pay for public transportation:…

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