There’s a contest underway to choose an illustrator for a new edition of Yann Martel’s great book The Life of Pi. You can read about it and view some of the contest illustrations here. (Via Drawn.)
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"Curling? What’s that?"
My science column goes out via e-mail to a couple of hundred subscribers around the world. However, they get it for free, whereas the Regina Leader Post and Red Deer Advocate and (every two weeks) CBC Saskatchewan’s Afternoon Edition actually pay for it, so my e-mail subscribers get the version I write for Canadian consumption. …
Leonardo online!
Check out this fabulous online collection of drawings by Leonardo da Vinci. (Via Drawn.)
Quantum computer works best when it doesn’t run
Quantum mechanics is weird. I give you Exhibit A.
My father grew up near the centre of the universe…
…a.k.a. Coffeyville, Kansas: at least, according to Google.
An Ebola vaccine?
Not yet, but encouraging results have been reported in a Phase I trial.
Paging Captain Kirk…
… both versions: quantum teleporter creates laser beam clones, reports New Scientist.
Curling: inspirational to scientists
We all have interests which seem odd to those who don’t share them. Maybe it’s stamp collecting. Maybe it’s science fiction. Maybe it’s watching NASCAR races. Whatever our interest, when we are called upon to defend it, we’re usually reluctant to give the real reason, which is generally no more complicated than, “Because I enjoy …
You’ve played too many computer games when…
…you read a headline that says: “‘Half Life’ returns for CanStage season,” and you wonder who will be playing the part of Gordon Freeman.
Paging Superman…
A new optical effect created in a London laboratory may someday render solid objects transparent, providing a new way to look at bones or find earthquake victims.
Margaret Atwood, "of Canadian Sci-Fi author fame"
Margaret Atwood will unveil her invention, the LongPen, which will purportedly allow authors to sign books for fans long-distance via a robotic hand that emulates the movement of the author’s real hand, at the London Book Fair in a couple of weeks. I seriously doubt it will catch on, but whether it does or not, …
Aurora Award nominations now open!
The Aurora Award nominations are now open. The Auroras honor the best Canadian science fiction and fantasy of the year. Anyone who is a Canadian citizen or permanent resident may nominate; you can find the nomination form here (in PDF format). It’s unseemly of me to mention it, perhaps, but may I point out that …
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