Education found to be key in human evolutionary success
Alongside altruism, empathy, and compassion.
Gerald R. Jacobs
Neutrinos are faster than light, some weeks
Other weeks, they’re not
Chicken nuggets and a side of childhood obesity
Teenage eating disorders or lazy parenting?
An Old Cobbler
The old man yet lived, only because he was useful. He sat on a rickety wooden stool, alone, centred in the dim shop and staring…
Science vs. art, reality vs. meaning
So I’ve been around the university block. My degree may say “bachelor of arts,” but I’d call my education “broad” — perhaps “flip-flopped,” even, or…
It’s what’s on the outside that counts
Like the great debates of human history, the secret to confidence and success is argued as though divided into two mutually exclusive camps. “Clothing makes…
Beware of cognitive malware
A Nov. 2 article in the Manitoban, “The Price of Openness,” written by editor-in-chief Leif Larsen, was an interesting read, not strictly for content but…
Russian navy test fires high-tech ICBM
On Oct. 28, the Russian navy conducted a successful test flight of their submarine-launched Bulava intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). The missile, purported by Russian officials…
The death of cost-effective entertainment
Tucked away on Oct. 20, hidden betwixt the great variety of reports on the brutal death of ex Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi, I happened across…
Science opinions
In September of this year a piece of news was silently taking the world by storm: The speed of light was broken; Einstein was finished….