A Vast & Sparsely Populated Country
(Edited 18 Nov 2012) Earlier this week, Margaret Munro from the Postmedia Network reported that one of Canada’s recent superstar hires – a Canada Excellence … Read more
The Academic Hunter
Fall is hunting season. The leaves have been stripped from the trees by the onslaught of prairie winds, and snow is threatening (or in our … Read more
Unravelling the thread of an idea
As interesting as an idea can be in and of itself, what’s also curiously exciting is the path taken by the mind from the initial … Read more
Landscape in Life and Science
The course in the university calendar was titled Geography 415: Landscapes of the Heart. We snickered, incredulous that such a thing could be credited for … Read more
From Big Science to Big Data
If you’re suffering from Higgs-Boson overload these days, don’t worry – I’ll only mention it once – I promise. The Large Hadron Collider that supported … Read more
Removed from reality
I saw part of a CBC show last night where they were discussing innovations in car technology – specifically safety sensors that sense how far … Read more
Ever notice how conferences are like high school?
The past two weeks have been conference overload, so maybe this post arises from the inevitable post-conference brain scramble. But it’s an interesting analogy to … Read more
Women in Science – Must we all be pioneers?
sciseekclaimtoken-4fba6cdd46ebf What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you think of pioneers? Since it was my sister’s favourite TV show when we were … Read more
Food, water & energy
This poster showed up on Facebook last week. I agreed with it immediately – but then started thinking why. Why is growing your own food … Read more