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…
Read articleI 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?…
Read articleFuture 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…
Read articleBy 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…
Read articleSENSibility 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…
Read articleChocoholics 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…
Read articleRe: 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…
Read articleScientists 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…
Read articleClearly, 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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Say Goodbye To Science, Government of Canada
By Dave Semeniuk,
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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