This will be up later today on my Web site… ***** SCIENCE Edward Willett Can we make sleep optional? It’s a safe bet that there have been a lot of bleary-eyed people around Regina this week, following last week’s Grey Cup revelry. But then, there are a lot of bleary-eyed people around all the time, …
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Life finds a way…
No matter how extreme the environment, life manages to get a foothold. This means two things to me. One, it’s highly unlikely human beings can ever really manage to eradicate all life on the planet (althought we might be able to knock it down to the insect or even microbe level, if we really tried, …
Making sleep optional
It’s a safe bet that there have been a lot of bleary-eyed people around Regina this week, following last week’s Grey Cup revelry. But then, there are a lot of bleary-eyed people around all the time, since very few of us ever get as much sleep as we really need. That being the case, wouldn’t …
Meanwhile, in Rockville, they’re synthesizing viruses…
At the Institute for Biological Energy Alternatives in Rockville, Maryland, they synthesized a virus in just a fortnight The ultimate goal is creating useful microbes from scratch. But what might bioterrorists do with this ability?
A cure for diabetes?
It works in mice, and patient trials are planned.
Faith of our authors
Here’s a fascinating list detailing the religious faiths of various science fiction and fantasy authors.
Playing 20–OK, 25–Questions
The New York Times looks at 25 provocative science questions, from “Does Science Matter?” to “Do Paranormal Phenomena Exist?”.
This week’s science column…
…is online! Topic (apropos if you live in Western Canada; perhaps less so if you’re still enjoying autumn and haven’t already plunged into winter like we have): Hot Chocolate.
Hot chocolate
Come this Sunday, some 50,000 people will be sitting in the stands at Taylor Field for the Grey Cup, their minds focused on one thing–how much they’d love a cup of hot cocoa. They needn’t worry about indulging, in light of new research that shows that cocoa has an even higher concentration of antioxidants than …
Not a Very Bright Idea
Jeremy Stangroom has some cogent thoughts on the proposal that secularists start calling themselves “brights.”
SF Canada site updated
I’ve completed the latest update to the SF Canada site. This time around, we feature an article from J. Brian Clarke “On Androids, Cloning and the Afterlife,” my short story “Je Me Souviens,” and, of course, the latest news from SF Canada members. Also be sure to check out the New Books page for the …
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