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Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine has responded to this sensationalistic and inaccurate “news” report.

From The Globe and Mail: “Researchers at the University of Calgary have found that nerve cells grown on a microchip can learn and memorize information which can be communicated to the brain…” Read the whole thing.

It’s a long way from being fully developed as a treatment, but this experimental cancer vaccine shows great promise in treating lung cancer–and may encourage tests of vaccines against other common types of cancer.

No, this isn’t a story about a lost dog. The Guardian reports that archaeologists using ground-penetrating radar may have discovered the long-lost final resting place of one of the most famous ships of all time: HMS Beagle, which bore Charles Darwin on his famous voyage of biological discovery.

SCIENCE By Edward Willett It’s not over ‘til… Although I’m not terribly familiar with Rossini’s La Cenerentola, Opera Saskatchewan’s current production, I think it’s safe to say that it does, at some point, feature a soprano singing very high notes. I think it’s also safe to say that many people will find it hard to …

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Think we’ve got lots of time to adjust to the coming nanotechnological future? You might want to think again.

It’s not very often that one of the science fiction magazines makes the news. I’m not sure this is the best way to achieve that, however. Not that it’s Asimov’s fault; it’s not intended for children, though I don’t think the content is going to hurt any 13-year-old I know. (That’s about the age I …

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E-books need high-quality, inexepensive reading devices to really take off. Could these do the trick?

Here’s some good news on the hydrogen front–and just maybe good news for farmers here in Saskatchewan. Maybe wheat will be worth more as a source of ethanol some day than as a source of food!

Hard on the heels of Canadians lording their supposed sophisticated superiority over Americans when it comes to bare breasts–Canadians would never blow a gasket over such a minor thing as Janet Jackson’s mammary–they embarrass themselves mightily by getting in a tizzy over a hand puppet. Sad, sad, sad.

An interesting take on teen blogs providing a refuge for the bright and unconventional from stupid and insipid teaching. There was a time or two in my teen years I could have used one. And yes, I read ahead, too.

OK, the title doesn’t make a lot of sense, but here are three interesting mini-interviews with three “science fiction writers”–Michael Crichton, Octavia Butler and David Brin. I put “science fiction writers” in scare quotes because, frankly, most SF writers and critics don’t consider Crichton to actually be a science fiction writer.