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THE ABRAMS’ STORMTROOPER AXIOM 2 Apr 2013 | 09:08 am
It (hypothetically*) goes like this: * Like all good science, this needs some testing… - – - When news hit that Disney bought the rights to Star Wars, and that J.J. Abrams would be manning the first m...
WHEN WHEAT MUFFINS TURN TO THE DARK SIDE: ON GLUTEN AND YOUR DIET 10 Mar 2013 | 05:07 am
(Published March 2013) Think about what you ate for breakfast this morning. You might have had some fruit or protein, but you most likely ingested wheat. This is a probable assumption because wheat is...
TRAMPING THE CELESTIAL SPHERE: IN WHICH, I, THE PROTAGONIST, DO TRAVEL ACROSS OUR DOMAIN FOR YOUR PLEASURE 27 Feb 2013 | 12:53 am
I lay in the grass one day, counting the number of blades within a modest area, when I decided to try something. I stuck my foot out in the open air and probed a bit, and felt a precarious platform. A...
PRELIMINARY DATA FROM THE UNICORN GENOME: THE FIRST POSSIBLE INDICATION IN HISTORY OF MAMMALIAN EVOLUTION OF HYBRIDIZATION ACROSS ORDERS 19 Feb 2013 | 09:10 am
Journal of Fantastic Phylogenetics 2012 8(9): 42-49 Authors: Jean-Pierre Marielle III & Justin Case | pdf version In this study we present the preliminary finding of what could be the first record in ...
THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF ORCHID LOVE 13 Feb 2013 | 12:02 am
Do you ever think about plant sex? I still remember walking into the first class of my first ever plant biology course during my undergraduate degree and my professor introducing himself as just anoth...
TIS THE SEASON, SO WHY NOT A SCIENCEGEEK ADVENT CALENDAR EXTRAVAGANZA! 5 Dec 2012 | 04:58 am
For those who’d like to open a different kind of advent calendar. Check out our little nuggets of science-y goodness, by clicking the below to see what’s been revealed (or click here to follow along)
A moment of your time: about Bill C-398 and how Canadians can contribute to global health 27 Nov 2012 | 12:22 am
Dear Canadians: On wednesday, a very important piece of policy will be discussed in parliament. It’s called Bill C-398 and it deserves our attention. It seems that it has been challenging for some ...
NIPPING IT AT THE BOOB: THE GATEWAY PROPERTIES OF MOTHER’S MILK 4 Aug 2012 | 06:42 am
Introduction Illicit drug use is a problem that drains public health and medical resources around the world. There are many ways in which we, as a society, can deal with this problem. We may adopt: dr...
ON RADIOHEAD, GENETICS, AND BRINGING UP CHILDREN 3 Jul 2012 | 11:57 pm
(This is the type of Father’s Day certificate you get when you’ve been playing too much Radiohead.) - – - Lately, I’ve been listening to a lot of Radiohead. This might be because there is an anniv...
HOW TO THINK ABOUT ETERNITY 6 Apr 2012 | 08:04 am
Thinking about eternity is not simply an esoteric mental exercise. It’s a cure for boredom, a panacea for the trivial, a respite from the mundane. And it’s the sort of thinking best done on your own. ...
