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While I was waiting for some acid to dissolve some stuff, I decided to grab a coffee and loiter around the UBC bookstore’s magazine section this…
Read articleScience Journalism: colorful prose or actual science?
I’ve been accused of bagging on science journalists. I’ve had my beef before (here and here). When I bring up how often science journalists fail to…
Read articleSteven Pinker to give a free lecture at UBC on Saturday, September 27th
Here’s one you should try to get to. The above is his TED talk, but Steven will be in the house (so to speak) this coming…
Read articleLet’s do this: SOSPICUH!! – Sunday Obscure Science Picture Caption Contest
Alright SOSPICUH-lings, we haven’t done one of these in over 4 months. Our scientific subject is an anonymous fellow from the 1970’s USSR. If you’re unfamiliar…
Read articleDrinks! Vancouver! Blogs!
So I actually have a regular blogging gig at a site known as ScienceBlogs. It’s pretty vibrant as far as websites go, and essentially is where…
Read articleGirl Meets LHC, Girls Commits Suicide -or- I’m a little doubtful this is actually true…
UPDATE: Reuters has picked up the story. According to their report: But in deeply religious and superstitious India, fears about the experiment and the minor risks…
Read articleEver wonder what Charlie Brown’s skeleton looks like?
Thanks to Portland based artist Michael Paulus, we need no longer wonder. Paulus has put together a series of pen and ink drawings depicting what a…
Read articleAwesome Science Abstracts: Astrophysics, meet Usain Bolt.
Oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god (hat tip to Sean at Cosmic Variance). Velocity dispersions in a cluster of stars:…
Read articleMore on Science Humour – Puns are awesome and unavoidable.
I googled fibromyalgia and this came up – what *is* it? Along with a few other science flavored pieces (including one from the curator of SCQ’s…
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