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Pardon me if I’m not impressed
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Well folks, with the passing of another year and our attention collectively turning to the supposed hope and promise of a new year and a new decade, I believe it may be worthwhile to...
Nepal after the people’s war
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On Dec. 28, 2009, the leader of the Nepal Maoists, Puspa Kamal Dahal, also known as Prachanda, began discussions with the parties who still comprise the Nepal government. Hopefully, the discussions will end the...
Facebook changes privacy settings . . .
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Last month Facebook.com prompted its 350 million users to update their privacy settings. Given the option to keep their old privacy settings or allow everyone to view their entire profile — the new default...
Dr. Know on the Lam
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Hello, is anyone there? Hoo, I have no way of telling if my words will ever reach you, since I can only broadcast, not receive. I have cobbled this transmitter from things I have...
Science opinions
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I am a child of the 1980s, and therefore lived in what is quite possibly the worst decade for cars in the history of that four-wheeled invention. The K-car still sends shudders down my...
A decade of science in list form
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Ah the top-X-list. A succinct way to sum up a period of time, and neatly wrap up a decade that had nearly as many names — the “naughties,” “noughts,” “oughts,” — as it did...
Canada after Copenhagen
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At this point, the Copenhagen climate talks are long over, and world leaders’ “agreement” to limit climate change to an increase of 2 degrees is little more than a non-legally binding piece of public...
