Posts from the ‘news’ category

How Clean is Your Power?

Have you ever wondered how green your power really is? Ever ask yourself, how many tonnes of CO2 are being emitted every time I switch on…

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Writing contest for a great children’s book on squids.

Not sure if I’ve mentioned this before, but I happen to be the editor of a webzine known as the Science Creative Quarterly. Anyway, it’s sort…

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Feedback 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…

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My favourite Superheroes: the Judges of the Supreme Court of Pakistan

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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3000 Ocean Robots and Counting

Source: ucsd.edu An international partnership dedicated to “Establish partnerships and reduce at-sea research” released its 3000th robot into the ocean today. The Argo project – the…

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David Schindler is Coming to UBC

Dr. David Schindler, Killam Memorial Professor of Ecology at the University of Alberta will be giving a seminar at UBC via the Vancouver Institute on Nov…

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Public Opinion on “Fronkensteen” Science

“All those scientists are alike! They say they want to help you, but really they just want to take over the world!” Peasant – Young Frankenstein…

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States Take Charge of CO2

Although the United States has never agreed to implementing any large-scale reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, individual states have begun to take charge. Take California’s “Numero…

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The Terry* Project is Hiring!!

Terry is looking for two students able to work part-time on the Terry Student Team! Both positions start in early November 1 2007, with the employment…

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SENSibility 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.…

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