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Good & Evil

Good and evil. In politically correct discussion, it is often frowned upon to use those terms. We often hear people say, “You can’t look at…




Blame the Butterflies

The “butterfly effect” is based on the statement “a butterfly flapping its wings in (insert place A) can cause a hurricane/tornado/etc. in (insert place B,…


Delicious DNA

Fans of the classic 1971 film, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, will recall that each of the children on the factory tour were enlisted…


Printing: Now in 3-D

Sometime in the distant future an avid tinkerer could — for the cost of a low-end automobile — purchase a machine that turns his ideas…



Borlaug’s legacy in jeopardy

Sept. 12 marked the one-year anniversary of the death of one of the greatest men of the 20th century, Norman Borlaug. He was the 1970…


Don’t let the bed bugs bite

Do you remember the old saying, “Don’t let the bed bugs bite”? That phrase has recently taken on a literal meaning as, depending on where…


Fake plastic trees

Solar panels are everyone’s favourite answer to our current energy crisis. They’re environmentally friendly, produce no emissions and use an abundant energy source. As it…