Paper Plate Dilemma
Yesterday, I was standing in the caf, at the self serve bar. There was a girl standing next to me eyeing up the pastries. She grabbed…
Read articleWade Davis in the house, Oct 27th, 11am at the Freddy Wood.
Wade Davis is cool. As close to a real life Indiana Jones as you can find. He is a noted author, anthropologist, and has one of…
Read articleSome numbers of interest – bail outs, foreign aid, saving wall street, saving the world
700,000,000,000 – approximate number of US dollars proposed in the bail out bill (link). 0.7 – percentage of GDP agreed upon in 1970 to be set…
Read articleSheldon Solomon – Freddy Wood, 2pm, Oct 9th
So it’s not often that someone can “guarantee” anything, but I’ve had two individuals take the effort to tell me that an upcoming talk here at…
Read articleSteven Pinker to give a free lecture at UBC on Saturday, September 27th
Here’s one you should try to get to. The above is his TED talk, but Steven will be in the house (so to speak) this coming…
Read articleSpin Spin Spin
This cracks me up every time, and will be sure to somehow make an appearance in my talks on science literacy. I’m thinking this would make…
Read articleEmbrace \ Assault Your Senses
The Assault (My walk through the construction site on South Campus) Flat beds rattling, brakes squealing, and the hum of the lawn mower. An echo of…
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THE GOD DELUSION (VIDEO)
RICHARD DAWKINS
APRIL 29th, 2008
“The God Delusion” (April 29th, 2008, UBC Chan Centre) Introduction by Dr. Patrick Keeling, Director, Centre for Microbial Diversity and Evolution. – – – – –…
Read articleWhat is the Ecological Footprint of Disneyland?
Having just returned from a visit to the magic kingdom, the above was a question that continually haunted my consciousness. Disneyland was remarkably pristine in that…
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It was critical mass day today -or- Get your two feet and a heart beat on a bicycle!
By Dave Semeniuk,
But so is every last Friday of the month. What made tonight special (either than the fact that my apartment building was on their route) is…
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