The God Particle
Remember when the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) was going to mark the end of the world? Doomsayers claimed it would be so powerful that it…
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21st century toys
Although the number 2011 lacks the aesthetic polish of a nice round zero at the end of it, this year, and not last, marks the…
Kiloh-no!
Break free of physicality once and for all. Let go of the three dimensions, the mass and the matter that holds your fragile world together….
Zoological Investigations
The cassowary is a large, flightless bird that, along with ostriches, omus, kiwis and rheas, is a proud member of the ratite group. The term…
Thunderstorms: Crazier than ever before
With every development in technology and every increase in the sensitivity of detection instruments, it seems the universe only ever gets larger and more complicated….
A dark night for bats
Given the scale and diversity of most animal populations, it is a rare thing to talk about extinction on the same time scale we might…
But what can I do?
Recently, I had the privilege of standing up to a Goliath of our time: Monsanto. I choose to exercise this privilege because here I can…
Feathers, Fur, Friends! Foes?
When was the last time you had to unpack a crate full of squashed baby sea turtles and their eggs that were smuggled across international…
Peeling back the façade of our collective myths
A couple weeks ago, Spencer Fernando wrote a piece called “Good & Evil,” which made the argument that moral relativism is at fault for cultivating…
There’s a USB port in that wall!
*A shadowy figure walks down a dark alley. As they look over their shoulder, ensuring they are alone, a netbook is removed from a pocket,…