Well, at least they didn’t say “cut short.”
"The only living Canadian with no pulse"
Sounds like the set-up to a joke about some ancient Senator, doesn’t it? But it’s really a remarkable story about a 65-year-old-man whose heart has been replaced (*SEE UPDATE*) by an artificial “turbine heart” designed to last for 10 years. As Paul Simon sang (many years ago now), “This is an age of miracles and …
"I want to be a prima donna, donna, donna…"
Not all prima donnas are women, you know.
A nice mini-review of my book A Safe and Prosperous Future…
…is in Will Chabun’s column in today’s Regina LeaderPost. To whit: A Safe and Prosperous Future — 100 Years of Engineering and Geoscience Achievements in Saskatchewan — (has) a title that makes this book sound much duller than it really is. The Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Saskatchewan (APEGS) decided to mark its …
Researching the glue that holds the universe together
Sometimes I think I’m a little too focused in these column on the practical applications of recent scientific research. That’s understandable, since it’s through technology and new ways of doing things that science impacts on our everyday lives. But underpinning all scientific advances is basic research: research conducted, not to enable us to make a …
I used to think spelunking would be fun
That was before I knew that, along with stalactites and stalagmites, one can also find “snottites” in caves. Eeewwww.
Do you hate shaving?
Then you’ll love the “razor light” patented by Phillips. It’s “a device that uses light to send hair follicles to sleep, making skin smooth for weeks at a time, without shaving or waxing.” No shaving=longer sleeping. Sounds good to me!
If Astana, Kazakhstan, can do it…
…why can’t Regina, Saskatchewan? Heck, if you squint, the two names are practically identical. “It,” in this case, is cover 100,000 square metres of downtown space with a giant, semi-transparent, climate-controlled tent. (Shades of the domed cities so beloved of old-time science fiction writers.) To whit: The Khan Shatyry entertainment centre in Astana will become …
Photo of the Weekend: Ballerina
My daughter Alice, at rehearsal Saturday morning on stage at the Saskatchewan Centre of the Arts (Conexus Arts Centre) in the final rehearsal for her apperance that night with her pre-ballet class from the Conservatory of Performing Arts. They danced the sugarplum fairy dance from The Nutcracker at the Regina Symphony Orchestra’s annual Christmas concert. …
Yeah, but cleaning the print heads is murder
What exotic device do you need to cause a single population of adult stem cells to form a variety of types of tissues? What else? An ink-jet printer.
Photo of the Day: Backstage
Specifically, backstage at what is officially known as the Conexus Arts Centre, but most of us around here refuse to call anything other than the Saskatchewan Centre of the Arts. (Conexus is a credit union, if you’re not from around here.) My darling daughter Alice appeared on stage tonight as one of the five-year-old ballerinas …
Photo of the Day: Snow Benches
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