Science briefs
Bad driving — damn genetics! Researchers at the University of California, Irvine have discovered that people with a genetic variation may be predisposed to being…
Leif Larsen
Animals in the sack
To many of us, our first exposure to sex came at the paws of an animal, tugging on our parents’ coat sleeves, whilst exclaiming “Mommy,…
Ask a scientists gets complicated: Higgs boson edition
It was supposed to be easy, a few googles, maybe a peer reviewed paper or two, and I would be able to answer the “Ask…
Better know a prokaryote
It’s obscenely difficult to turn on a television set these days without seeing a woman in a yoga suit talking about the advantages of probiotics…
Brains versus brawn
Contemplating the contemporary manifestations of Halloween traditions, the Science Editor takes on the Sports Editor; brain takes on brawn. As more and more alternatives to…
Better know a prokaryote
One need only to look at the more than 100 pages of comments on Cbc.ca following the website’s story on the approval of the H1N1…
What your colon and a butterfly have in common
I sit in a lab in a state of disarray, full of unopened boxes, chemical containers and keepsakes from Kentucky, all artifacts of a recent…
Metric’s system
It’s easy to get lost in the Canadian indie-music scene, with its multitude of bands that look alike, sound alike and even share members. There…
Ask a scientist
What does it sound like when doves cry? Much to the dismay of the artist formerly known as the artist formerly known as Prince, according…
Better know a prokaryote
Escherichia coli, or E. coli, as its friends know it, has gotten a pretty bad rap lately. From tainting water supplies in Walkerton, Ontario to…