All manner of human creativity on display
David Ng is Director of the Advanced Molecular Biology Laboratory at the University of British Columbia - this is a just a fancier way of calling himself a science teacher.
Benjamin Cohen is an Asst. Professor of Science, Tech., and Society at the University of Virginia. He studies the place of S & T in environmental history, policy, and ethics. He also writes other stuff.
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July 31, 2008
Category: Books that are just good - literature in general
This is great. And this is also an image that seems appropriate when choosing to speak about water as a resource generally - it might, for instance, be a good prelude to discussions like this....
Posted by David Ng at 2:30 PM • 0 Comments •
July 30, 2008
Category: Knoxville '82: Where Miscellany Thrive
Would appreciate it if you could pass this on somehow? Thoughts?...
Posted by David Ng at 4:08 PM • 7 Comments •
Category: Nature as in Earth, as in Global, as in Global Issues Generally
This got published a while back in the Walrus, but I just noticed that it's also now freely available online. 0.7%, in case, you're not aware is the hallmark figure suggested by Pearson as a target for foreign aid...
Posted by David Ng at 4:03 PM • 0 Comments •
Category: Knoxville '82: Where Miscellany Thrive
The response for the "Things to avoid at all cost when speaking publicly" post was awesome, and so, I've tried to formalize the suggestions into a fairly definitive list. The ones that didn't make it tended to be more debatable,...
Posted by David Ng at 3:56 PM • 1 Comments •
July 29, 2008
Category: NatureLand: What They Used to Call the Environment
With no more crabgrass killer, lawns do it all. Plus Robert Frost.
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 2:30 PM • 1 Comments •
Category: The Art/Science (Non?)Divide Building
The problem of the 13 culture divide.
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 8:15 AM • 7 Comments •
July 28, 2008
Category: Knoxville '82: Where Miscellany Thrive
As plans for our student speaker conference are ramping up, we've been talking about ways to recruit excellent speakers to the project (this is where we're trying to host a university centric TED talks sort of thing). One idea,...
Posted by David Ng at 5:00 PM • 42 Comments •
July 24, 2008
Category: Links to interesting sites and discussion of them
8. Hide the Nano in a bowl of lutefisk; take it to Norsefest Lutefisk Eating Competition in Madison, Minnesota.
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 9:00 AM • 2 Comments •
July 23, 2008
Category: Links to Other Conversations and Articles
"Using the iPhone to solve disputes between Moqtada al-Sadr and certain Sunni elements within Iraq without causing an escalation of hostilities"
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 9:00 AM • 1 Comments •
Category: The Art/Science (Non?)Divide Building
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 in Gastown, Vancouver (8pm on). It just so happens that it's about the...
Posted by David Ng at 7:58 AM • 0 Comments •
July 22, 2008
Category: Links to Other Conversations and Articles
And look for the iPod Yocto--the world's first subatomic media player--coming soon.
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 9:00 AM • 1 Comments •
Category: Knoxville '82: Where Miscellany Thrive
Posted by David Ng at 7:32 AM • 0 Comments •
Category: Nature as in Earth, as in Global, as in Global Issues Generally
I recently had a chance to catch the movie WALL-E, and I must say, it's very good. Still, I couldn't quite shake the irony of a show with (I thought) a fairly implicit environmental message that also happens to...
Posted by David Ng at 7:04 AM • 1 Comments •
July 21, 2008
Category: About writing generally
In this lab of accelerator physicists, I am the village idiot. I'm not from here. Maybe that's good.
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 9:00 AM • 5 Comments •
Category: The Book Building
It's been a while since I've enjoyed a book this much. That's all....
Posted by David Ng at 8:18 AM • 0 Comments •
Category: Nature as in Earth, as in Global, as in Global Issues Generally
As of 2007, residents of Vancouver, on average used 295 litres of water per day (Per capita water consumption number is 542 litres per day factoring in non-residential water use). (link) After reading the above article, I did a...
Posted by David Ng at 7:30 AM • 5 Comments •
July 18, 2008
Category: The Book Building
The SCQ children's book contest is back again. link...
Posted by David Ng at 12:37 PM • 1 Comments •
July 17, 2008
Category: Podcastia
New Zealand and Canada both "received a significant number of settlers from Scotland and Ireland. Did these groups bring a particular set of land management techniques with them that had a particular impact on the landscape and environment? Did a...
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 9:00 AM • 1 Comments •
July 16, 2008
Category: Podcastia
For example, How did the Civil War and the Cold War affect the acceptance of evolution in the United States?
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 9:00 AM • 3 Comments •
July 15, 2008
Category: Podcastia
Q: How much trash is swirling around the sea? A: Helluva lot.
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 9:00 AM • 1 Comments •
Category: The Film Building
A few days ago, I had a chance (with other ScienceBloggers) to check out Randy Olson's new flick, Sizzle. Now let me first start by saying that I'm hardly a movie aficionado - my favourite movie is still Star Wars,...
Posted by David Ng at 5:00 AM • 0 Comments •
July 14, 2008
Category: The Art/Science (Non?)Divide Building
Who can believe in the Loch Ness monster when Antarctica is open to tourists?
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 9:00 AM • 1 Comments •
July 13, 2008
Category: Knoxville '82: Where Miscellany Thrive
Radioactive to the end of time, a poem of clarity and simplicity, both even and profound.
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 12:00 PM • 1 Comments •
July 10, 2008
Category: Industrial Agriculture
Go grab a burger with a slice of tomato, put your Swiftlik safety raft on, take a swig of that Nestle Purified Water, keep a bottle of your oldest antipsychotic drugs on hand, send an HP fax to your friend to tell them all about it, and call it a day well recalled.
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 9:00 AM • 0 Comments •
July 9, 2008
Category: The Art/Science (Non?)Divide Building
Isn't this picture great?...
Posted by David Ng at 12:30 PM • 6 Comments •
Category: Knoxville '82: Where Miscellany Thrive
Posted by David Ng at 10:25 AM • 0 Comments •
July 8, 2008
Category: The Film Building
I doodle a bit, and sometimes, it has this Breakfast of Champions look to it - which to be frank is deliberate, since I think it's a great visual style, especially for the purpose of teaching. Anyway, since, I'm playing...
Posted by David Ng at 11:00 AM • 1 Comments •
Category: Links to Other Conversations and Articles
There are a million ways to sell yourself out, and I guarantee you'll hear about them.
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 9:00 AM • 1 Comments •
July 7, 2008
Category: The Art/Science (Non?)Divide Building
Do you know what these are? Word games. And math. Or math. Kind of.
Posted by Benjamin Cohen at 9:00 AM • 0 Comments •
July 2, 2008
Category: Nature, as in parts, bits, molecular and stuff
This is silly is so many ways. Hat tip to the filter....
Posted by David Ng at 3:11 PM • 1 Comments •
Category: Nature as in Earth, as in Global, as in Global Issues Generally
To offset flights out of North America in 2007, you'd need to plant a forest the size of Oregon. In this summer's issue of the Walrus, there's a great piece by UBC'er, David Beers, called "Grounded" which imagines circumstances...
Posted by David Ng at 12:59 PM • 2 Comments •
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