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April 30, 2009
Category: Knoxville '82: Where Miscellany Thrive
With no concrete figures available at this early stage, experts estimate at least 250,000 U.S. citizens have died in the last month alone, with death tolls across the globe reaching into the millions.
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Category: Knoxville '82: Where Miscellany Thrive
Tar water and vodka, nitrous and LSD. Sort of. Maybe not.
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April 27, 2009
Category: Knoxville '82: Where Miscellany Thrive
Just a quick note to say that I'm currently in Louisiana, and therefore probably won't be blogging until I'm back in Vancouver on Wednesday. If you're in the area, I'll be giving a talk later today on Science Literacy -...
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Category: Knoxville '82: Where Miscellany Thrive
An important public service announcement from The World's Fair.
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April 24, 2009
Category: Music for discerning science geeks
Science Scout twitter feed ABSTRACT: This post will take the effort to present some points of consideration when making a "perfect mixed tape." Data will be collected on a weekly basis, where the author, as well as the community...
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April 23, 2009
Category: Knoxville '82: Where Miscellany Thrive
Science Scout twitter feed Yesterday at the SCQ, a short paper was published describing a "Kingdom Cake," whereby the various layers represented the different kingdom designations. The cake itself was pretty cool, but made all the more impressive by...
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April 22, 2009
Category: Music for discerning science geeks
Worth the five minutes of your time, and especially if you're the sort who thinks music is not a worthy (educational or otherwise) endeavour. For more info go here. Oh, and by the way - Happy Earth Day... (Hat tip...
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Category: Nature as in Earth, as in Global, as in Global Issues Generally
Sad and scary in a pretty sort of way. Just a few images pulled courtesy of the Flickr community. (lyza) If you just sit back and absorb the sentiment of these pictures, it's a little overwhelming just how removed we...
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April 21, 2009
Category: Nature, as in parts, bits, molecular and stuff
Science Scout twitter feed Unicorns are great. Seriously. And here I'm going to sort of think out loud and think of them in a conventional biology sort of way. You know - have a little fun evolution wise. In...
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April 20, 2009
Category: Music for discerning science geeks
Science Scout twitter feed O.K. I'm on a bit of a roll, and definitely in the mood to write another science-y song. This time with a little crunch. Like last week, I'm hoping for readers to suggest the general...
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