First I’ve heard of this, which is alarming in and of itself, don’t you think?
"A near-miraculous triumph"
Perhaps not exactly the response one would expect from an archbishop reviewing the stage version of Philip Pullman’s notoriously anti-religion, anti-God trilogy His Dark Materials, but the review itself makes all clear–and makes a lot of sense.
What’s wrong with this headline?
The study does NOT say that Virgins have same rate of sexually transmitted diseases as non-virgins; that’s ridiculous on the face of it. If you haven’t had sex, you’re unlikely to have developed a sexually transmitted disease. It says kids who pledge abstinence don’t have a lower rate of STDs than kids who do. That …
The universe’s baby picture
Hubble provides a glimpse of the universe from a mere 700 million years after the Big Bang. Awwww, it’s so cute!
Science Column: Mosquito Control
I may be indulging in wishful thinking, but it’s been so warm this week I may surely be forgiven for hoping that spring is finally here. The only downside to that is that in Saskatchewan, snow season is followed promptly by mosquito season. Fortunately, mosquito control techniques continue to advance, as the recent American Mosquito …
Testing e-mail blogging
This is a test of blogging by e-mail. Whee!
The nanotech schism
Will nanotechnology transform our lives or simply incrementally improve them? The nanotechnologists are divided.
Hubble Captures a Starry Night
Hubble has captured an image that reminds many of Van Gogh’s famous painting Starry Night. Well…maybe a bit. But whether it does or not, it’s magnificent.
I left my memory in my other pants…
The older I get, the better a gadget like this sounds.
Put Asimov on a stamp!
I don’t think the United States Postal Service will pay much attention to me, since I’m in Canada, but if you’re in the U.S., you can help put Isaac Asimov on a stamp. Gordon van Gelder, editor of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, notes: There’s an ongoing series of stamps called the Literary …
Next-generation Martian rover?
Will the next Martian rover be a Tumbleweed?
New countermeasure for biological attacks
A team at the University of Buffalo has developed a new device that can safely and inexpensively destroy airborne biological agents in large buildings in minutes, instead of months.
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