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- David Ng is Director of the AMBL at the University of British Columbia - fancy speak for a science teacher. Follow Dave on twitter @dnghub.

- Vince LiCata is a faculty member in Biological Sciences and Chemistry at Louisiana State University (LSU). His laboratory studies protein-ligand interactions, protein folding, and biothermodynamics. He also writes plays that have been produced in a number of different US cities, and, oddly enough, in Thailand.

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Happy Earth Day! Now go outside, and if the weather is crummy, why not play PHYLO?

Category: Gift Shop & Haberdashery

Seriously, if there's a day to enjoy the outdoors, then that would have to be Earth Day. If, however, you find yourself stuck inside due to poor weather, volcanic ash plumes, or some other reason, then go check out the...

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Posted by David Ng at 10:43 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks

Hela? What did you think when you saw that four letter word?

Category: Gift Shop & Haberdashery

Was it one of these (From wiki)? In any event, hopefully you picked the one about Henrietta Lacks. If you didn't: then you really need to get yourself a copy of this book, entitled The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks...

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Happy New Year everyone, and Happy International Year of Biodiversity!

Category: NatureLand: What They Used to Call the Environment

You are a very very very lucky mammal...

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Posted by David Ng at 3:52 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks

"Global Warming is not real because weather patterns have stabilized in the last 10 years!" Why statements like this need a little context.

Category: NatureLand: What They Used to Call the Environment

Anthropogenic Climate Change Denial (Face Palm). Some science 101 on the matter.

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Posted by David Ng at 11:51 AM • 20 Comments • 0 TrackBacks

Saying hello to Carl Zimmer

Category: Nature as in Earth, as in Global, as in Global Issues Generally

Carl is currently in Vancouver, and he was gracious enough to come out for drinks with us last night. This was after a great talk he gave on the how scientists have been following the evolutionary tracks of the H1N1...

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Posted by David Ng at 2:42 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks

Arithmetic saves the day: Solar cells still an option.

Category: NatureLand: What They Used to Call the Environment

Realclimate.org has a great post today called "An Open Letter to Steven Levitt." In case, you haven't heard, this is the economist, and one of the noted authors of the Freakonomics, who recently published Superfreakonomics, a book that is fast...

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Posted by David Ng at 11:44 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks

Celebrity culture versus, you know, actual important stuff (or #AIS)

Category: Nature as in Earth, as in Global, as in Global Issues Generally

Not specifically about science literacy, but more about just what inhabits a person's brain space at a given moment, and how that can lead to a sad degree of ignorance in world affairs. I was mulling over this, when watching...

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Does the name Dr. Krisana Kraisintu ring a bell? (If it doesn't, then it's a shame it doesn't)

Category: Ethics Palace: Where ethical questions go to live or die

A review of Cocktail: A Play about the Life and HIV Drug Development Work of Dr. Krisana Kraisintu by Vince LiCata and Ping Chong Truth be told, I don't read plays very often, if at all. In fact, I'm ashamed...

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