A new kind of weather radar being tested in Oklahoma promises to revolutionize weather forecasting by allowing meteorologists to accurately map what’s happening in the lowest part of the atmosphere–the area where storms generally form. In particular, it should be able to pinpoint the location of tornadoes. Some details: Current measurements of the lower three …
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Dancers at the Mackenzie Art Gallery‘s spring fundraising event “March.” More photos here.
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I am very (very, very!) pleased to announce that I have acquired a New York literary agent to market my fiction (both YA and adult): the estimable Ethan Ellenberg. It’s been an exciting couple of days. With DAW’s paperback release of Lost in Translation coming up, and a contract in hand but not yet signed, …
Last night I was busy over on one of my other blogs, The Willetts on Wine. If you’re interested, check out reports on two recent functions of the Society for American Wines here in Regina: the garlic-in-everything-(even-the-ice-cream) dinner at the Creek in Cathedral Bistro back in January, and the all-Cabernet Sauvignon dinner at The Crushed …
I’ve been thinking about trying voice-recognition software, but maybe I should hold out for this.
The picture in the previous post was MY photo of the day, but here’s the REAL photo of the day, a Cassini image of Saturn’s moon Enceladus. Why? Because NASA scientists believe Enceladus has liquid water. And: “‘We realize that this is a radical conclusion — that we may have evidence for liquid water within …
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A blind crustacean that looks like a furry lobster has been discovered living more than two kilometres underwater near a hydrothermal vent in the Pacific Ocean.
Right now the researchers are working with worms, so don’t get too excited, but check this out if you’re interested in longevity research (and who isn’t?): Within a hormone-triggered cascade of molecular signals that plays a crucial for a wide range of physiological functions, researchers for the very first time have identified a protein that …
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