Yes, it’s cold. This is not news. It’s an ongoing and eternal condition. This lousy weather trumps your verb tenses and freezes all time into an unchanging lattice of stilled space-time. But in the meantime,...
Read MoreGiven all the anti-science shenanigans that have been going on lately, with the federal government in particular seemingly determined to squelch any and all studies and scientific findings that clash with its agenda to exploit...
Read MoreIt may not be the National Day of Reason in Canada, but it’s still reasonable to celebrate the cerebrum and all the excellent things it’s capable of, from telling me when I’m hungry to… well, that’s...
Read MoreThought I’d give you a heads up about this 2012 Canadian documentary by Simon Ennis as it’s only screening at the RPL Theatre on Thursday at 9 p.m. and Friday at 7 p.m. At the start, Ennis and co-producer Jonas Bell...
Read MoreI’m surprised, personally. The Harper Government doesn’t like its paid scientists to disclose their research without a crash course in anti-environmentalist spin? This is all news to me: Waiser wrote two scientific...
Read MoreI won’t pretend to understand all the nuances of the discovery that was announced today by scientists working at the Large Hadron Collider near the French-Swiss border. The LHC is a particle accelerator that allows...
Read MoreOn March 7, Stephen Harper asked the Twitterverse to supply him with questions when he talks with Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield, who’s currently commanding the International Space Station. It’s not going well....
Read MoreWhile I was chowing down on breakfast this morning (a half-and-half bowl of Cheerios and Raisin Bran with 2% milk, a piece of 100 % whole wheat toast with peanut butter and a watered down glass of orange juice) I heard an...
Read MoreNo pick of the day today. Instead, here’s a heads up about a fun event that’s happening at the Royal Saskatchewan Museum on March 7. It’s called Artifact or Artifiction and its a fundraiser for the museum...
Read MoreI’ll probably edit next issue’s Bonus Column (“Because you can never have too many columns!”) today. This one’s got kind of a paranormal TV show feel so I Googled some videos to get in the mood, and...
Read MoreThree or so years ago I attended an open house at the Delta Hotel that was being hosted by the Nuclear Waste Management Organization to promote the idea of Saskatchewan becoming a storage ground for spent nuclear waste. The...
Read MoreAs in Leonardo. The Italian Renaissance scientist, artist, inventor and thinker who nearly 500 years after his death in France at age 67 in 1519 stills exists in the Western mind as the quintessential example of a Renaissance...
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