Posts from the ‘commentary’ category

Say Goodbye To Science, Government of Canada

Check this out: On Wednesday, Industry Canada confirmed that national science adviser Arthur Carty would be retiring on March 31, and that the position and office…

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My Apartment Building is Going Greener

…one step at a time. Speaking of clothes dryers, no longer do the laundry room lights remain on all night and day. What’s interesting is, it…

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I move to have the sanctity of the Oscar Awards ceremony placed within the Millennium Development Goals.

Well, maybe not. It’s just that… is it me, or is this Oscar (will it happen will it not?) thing everywhere in the news these days?…

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Future Earth (and Ocean) Science

Nature has run a free supplement in this week’s issue, which includes 15 essays written by scientists on their respective areas of Earth science. The overarching…

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By Far the Weirdest Spam Letter I’ve Ever Received.

[Image attachments of spam messages I collected during the last couple of weeks – semi-randomly put together ] Most spam letters try to appeal to either…

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SENSibility 8: The Supercarrot

A genetically engineered carrot has been developed in the US that greatly increases human absorption of the calcium within the vegetable. I am not making this…

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Chocoholics Rejoice, For You Can Help Mitigate Global Warming*

*Just buy these chocolate bars: The label reads: REDUCING YOUR CARBON FOOTPRINT JUST GOT A WHOLE LOT TASTIER! Put your feet up and treat yourself while…

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Re: Google Trending The Webosphere

Dave Ng has a fun post below comparing Britney Spears, Paris Hilton and Climate: If we do expand the scale so that you can see the…

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Scientists Protest ‘Geoengineering’ to Capture CO2

[World Ocean Nitrate Distribution via NOAA’s handy dandy Ferret] For the first time, a group of scientists (oceanographers) have written a letter to one of the…

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Clearly, it’s holiday season, so let’s switch gears a little. Share your musical recommedations.

Well judging by the slowing down of comments, it would appear that the holiday internet slowdown is upon us. Which also means that it’s time to…

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