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Wil McCarthy’s Lab Notes is my favorite take so far on that eminently silly blockbuster, The Day After Tomorrow.

Most people know the appendix is a vestigial organ, a body part that no longer serves any function. But it’s hardly the only one. Our bodies are littered with bits and pieces that serve no apparent function. Some are leftovers from ancient ancestors, others leftovers of prenatal development, just hanging around the body because they’re …

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If the concept of dark energy doesn’t intrigue you, you have no scientific romance in your soul.

Check out the groovy rings of Saturn in the latest Cassini image. And The Pajama Game run went splendidly, thanks for asking! Blogging should be more frequent again now.

of adapting books to movies, that is. How many will I, Robot break?

It’s a baby planet, and the discoverers are as happy as if they had given birth to it themselves.

This is the week that Regina Lyric Light Opera‘s production of The Pajama Game hits the boards, and I’m playing a lead role (Hines), plus behind-the-scenes tasks, so blogging will be light…

Here are the interesting results of Blogads’ survey of blog readers.

A possible solution for a problem you probably never gave any thought to until now. You’re welcome!

No link to the story online that I can find, but I was struck by a comment made by a Vancouver city councillor in a CBC Radio news story I heard this morning. The story was primarily about a homeless persons’ tent city that a church in Seattle has allowed to be set up on …

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I learned to play the piano and the French horn as a kid rather than the guitar. That’s a shame, because a guitar is far more useful around a campfire. It’s also (need I say it?) scientifically interesting. The guitar appears to have originated in Spain. Early guitars, from around the 14th century, had three …

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Here’s the latest on the intriguing Mexican UFOs captured by fighter plane cameras.