Strange bedfellows
Human civilization is a towering monument to the power of our imagination. Our ability to visualize new things was an important adaptation that allowed our…
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Anatomy of a theory
Ever wonder what a theory — such as Darwin’s descent with modification — needs to go through in order to gain widespread acceptance in the…
What’s in an introduction?
If Hollywood is to be believed, scientists are all dermatologically-challenged recluses, who speak their incomprehensible language in nasally tones, with the odd snorting laugh thrown…
Dutch elm vaccine tested in Winnipeg
With H1N1 causing all the hype in the news these days it’s easy to overlook other vaccination projects — especially when the vaccine is for…
Exoplanets, wobbles and spectrum analysis, OH my!
Are we alone in the universe? This question has probably been pondered since humans first realized that each of the bright twinkling dots in the…
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…
Cleanliness really is next to godliness
Finding a dime in a phone box, not being in a rush, having other people nearby, background noise — these are all things that unconsciously…
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…
Wilson’s Words
Scientists love to introduce new terms. Often in the world of science, the occasion to christen something means that a new and exciting phenomenon or…