Posts from the ‘science’ category

A Trip to the Big Valley Creation Science Museum -or- You know, I don’t even care to finish this.

A little over a year ago, a 60,000 sq.ft. museum opened in Petersburg KY dedicated to the Judeo-Christian interpretation of the origins of humans, the universe,…

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Science Students Secretly Love The Arts

I’ve been around science-y types in a university setting for 7 years now. If there was one thing that’s been nearly constant during that time period…

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Science! -or- How I Spent my Summer Vacation

Some of you may have noticed (those of you who care, that is) that I’ve been a little quiet on the Terry* front over the past…

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Happy 500 (or so) days for the Science Scouts – a little get together this coming Friday for all you Vancouverites reading the Terry blog.

Just a quick note. Although it’s been a while, a few of us are meeting for drinks on Friday night (July 25th) at The Revel Room…

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UBC just got 2000+ nerds richer.

If you’re on campus this week, you may wonder what all the hullabaloo is going on around the SRC, McInnes Field, and various other buildings.  Well,…

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Movie Turned Opera: The Fly -or- Egad! I hope Jeff Goldblum makes a cameo

Yes. The Fly. The “mutated mad scientist, Jeff Goldblum, hopping around a loft-turned-laboratory, spitting up stomach acids on to is food while his fingernails and unmentionables…

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Day 16-19: Lunging

So, I’m probably somewhere around here: This leg of the cruise is the most popular one among everyone on board – the science personnel take on…

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Games to play at sea while waiting out a gale.

Technology is a w e s o m e.So, we’re somewhere around here. We’ve encountered some terrible weather. What’s terrible weather on a ship, you ask?…

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Field work: orations of a bitter oceanographer

Things to do on a boat, by David Semeniuk. Spend 3 days waiting to go to sea. Surf the net for three days while waiting to…

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Imagine You’re Stuck on a Boat for 3 Weeks – What Would You Bring and Leave Behind?

This Wednesday I’ll be heading out on a three week research cruise to the northeastern sub-Arctic Pacific Ocean – or roughly somewhere around here: The arrow…

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