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Oh, the Olympics. I heart you. Every two years you return to my lonely grasp, and in my desperate attempt to smile you lead me on a short-lived but memorable journey cheering on athletes...

Just to note off the top, I'm not much of a sports fan. I have trouble sitting through any televised broadcast, and I am often indifferent watching sports live. I look around and start...

Since the Vancouver 2010 Olympics have started there has been a rush to see who can criticize them to the greatest extent. I would like to debunk a few of the more ridiculous complaints...

Sexual reproduction is a wonderful thing — scientifically speaking, of course. Through the combining of genetic material two individuals create a genetic offspring that is genetically similar, but not identical to the parents. However...

Just over 200 years ago, the prevailing belief popularized by religious mythology was that the planet earth had been around for just some 10,000 years. Thankfully scientists, like the French naturalist Comte de Buffon,...

About time you monkeys showed up — it’s been almost a month since your last genetics lesson, and I was worried you might’ve developed a false sense of superiority without my gentle assurances that...

If you’ve been keeping up with news from Afghanistan in recent years you’ll know that a significant problem for NATO governments is the rapid growth in illicit opium poppy farming and export from that...