Howard Dean in the Democratic candidates’ debate: “‘You know, my words are not always precise, but my meaning is very, very clear.’” Gee, I wish that worked for me as a writer…
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SF Canada Website updated
I’ve just updated the SF Canada Website; there’s an interview with editor John R. Douglas, a short story by Steven Mills, and, of course, lots of news from Canadian SF writers. Check it out!
Adapting to the Cold
Here’s this week’s science column… *********** ADAPTING TO THE COLD By Edward Willett Every January, we residents of Saskatchewan ask ourselves the same question: why are we here, instead of in the tropics? There’s a scientific version of that same question: how have humans, who evolved in the tropics, managed to survive in the even-icier-than-Saskatchewan …
Adapting to the cold
Every January, we residents of Saskatchewan ask ourselves the same question: why are we here, instead of in the tropics? There’s a scientific version of that same question: how have humans, who evolved in the tropics, managed to survive in the even-icier-than-Saskatchewan climes of the far north? The January 9 edition of the scientific journal …
A Modest Proposal (
Another good response to the proposed Moon/Mars focus for NASA.
It just ain’t good English
I get very tired of seeing this particular grammatical error, from an ABC story: “After receiving a friendly reception at the church, more than 100 demonstrators chanted ‘Down with Bush’ from behind barricades a block away from the D-Day Museum, where Bush attended a fund-raiser.” This says, of course, that the demonstrators received a friendly …
We’re going back…
And, as often, James Lileks writes what I feel, too.
This week’s column…
Here’s this week’s science column… SCIENCE Edward Willett CES 2004: A Gadget Odyssey I’ve always been a gadget guy, so I would have been in heaven at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, where gadgets from the way cool to the way weird were on display. Alas, I didn’t get to attend, but …
Linked to by Instapundit!
My year-old column about drilling on Mars got linked to by Instapundit, and I can already see the results on the page’s hit counter…. Cool!
CES 2004: A Gadget Odyssey
I’ve always been a gadget guy, so I would have been in heaven at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, where gadgets from the way cool to the way weird were on display. Alas, I didn’t get to attend, but here are some of the highlights, gleaned from the extensive coverage atPCWorld.com. If …
Back to the Moon, Onward to Mars!
I thope this is true–and that it actually leads to something.
Saskatchewan on the Discover list…
Here’s this week’s science column: ***** SCIENCE By Edward Willett Each year, Discover Magazine creates a list of the top 100 science stories of that year. This year’s list is especially exciting for the University of Saskatchewan, because one project conducted at the University and another involving a U. of S. professor were on the …
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