Greener Science Research Practices
As we try to “curb our consumption” on this year’s Buy Nothing Day, I thought about the 16L of concentrated hydrochloric acid I received this morning…
Read articleFree Movie Nights by Cinema Politica
Check this out, a student in one of my classes just told me about, Cinema Politica at UBC. Every Wednesday they show a movie at the…
Read articleCarl giving a talk next tuesday. “Science Education in the 21st Century: Using the Tools of Science to Teach Science”
That is Carl Wieman, Nobel Laureate in Physics (2001). This one is hosted by the Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduate Student Society and their home Faculty. It’s touted…
Read articleWikipedia: Do you use it? Do you cite it? And, is it a good thing?
So, I also went to the same Science Journalism conference that Dave S. spoke of in the previous post. One of the sessions, in particular, that…
Read articleTEDtalks: Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity?
Continuing along with things related to TEDtalks… Shagufta mentioned in a comment that this talk is wonderful. I checked it out last night, and she’s right.…
Read articleFeedback please: Writing a grant for a Terry related project.
We’re betting there’s a lot of students out there who could bring this house down with their message. Just a really quick post to see if…
Read articleFrom Chaos, Coherence—or at Least a Stab at It
Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge — Edward O. Wilson (367 pages, $15) NEW YORK – VINTAGE BOOKS (APRIL 1999). FIRST VINTAGE BOOKS EDITION. – – –…
Read articleSENSibility 5: War in Iraq and Afghanistan to cost US $2.4 Trillion by 2017
Ouch! According to a recent Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report, the combined cost of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan will reach US$2.4 trillion by 2017.…
Read articleA vision of students today
This seems to be all over the net today. Pretty thought provoking… The video is actually kind of prevalent in a number of ways. For instance,…
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My favourite Superheroes: the Judges of the Supreme Court of Pakistan
By Shagufta Pasta,
Liminal: at a boundary or transitional point between two conditions, stages in a process, or ways of life. Pervez Musharraf, the President of Pakistan declared a…
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