I cut my teeth as a science writer at the Saskatchewan Science Centre, where I wrote most of the copy for the original exhibits (and continue to write most of the copy for new exhibits, on a freelance basis). The goal of the Science Centre has always been to make science fun, the idea being …
…and no, it’s not me. But she echoes a lot of my own feelings, even though she’s only been here about four years and I’ve been here most of 37.
The Da Vinci project’s first launch is still on hold. By the way, it’s not in this story, but in a newspaper story I saw (but haven’t found online), Feeney is now saying there’ll be an unmanned launch or two before he rides the rocket himself. In the absence of the X-prize incentive, I think …
…well, at least not for me. My bio of J. R. R. Tolkien did not win a Saskatchewan Book Award at last night’s gala dinner. It was short-listed in the Children’s Literature category, which was won by Flux, by Beth Goobie. Beth Goobie was not there to accept the award, but cries of “Draw again!” …
The first known case of a human being surviving rabies without vaccination has the medical world agog.
Another team of scientists says it’s found methane in the Martian atmosphere. Life? As Drudge would say, “Developing…”
This is cool: software that may be able to help authenticate art work. If it pans out, forgers are about to be put out of business.
Every once in a while, scientists come up with a suggestion for leading a healthier life that we can all appreciate–unlike all those restrictive recommendations we get most of the time. This week’s I-can-get-behind-that suggestion comes from a team of U.K. scientists researching dust mites, who recently announced that sleeping in and leaving the bed …
You’ve got to like that headline, don’t you? Oh, sure, technically it’s just the theobromine in the chocolate that’s the active ingredient in suppressing coughs, and sure, Dame Helena Shovelton, chief executive of the British Lung Foundation, advises that “patients to speak to their family doctor before,,,treating their cough with chocolate,” but, still…it beats the …
India could send a man into space within seven years if the Indian government gives the space agency the go-ahead.
NASA has launched a spacecraft called Swift to look for the gamma-ray bursts that might mark the birth of black holes.
Ray Bradbury and Madeline L’Engle were among the recipients of the National Medal of Arts in Washington yesterday.
