http://www.scq.ubc.ca Science writing of any and all connotations. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:32:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en “The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics to Yoichiro Nambu.”—Press Release, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences - - - FREDDY MIND: To begin with, let me introduce myself. My name is Freddy Mind. It’s a stage name. I was once one-half of the ... http://www.scq.ubc.ca/freddy-mind-and-yoichiro-nambu-together-again/ Why does my hair keep falling out? Why would it skip going gray and go straight to falling out? What if my lab coat has a stain on it and I just can’t see it? Will people be able to tell this is the same lab coat I wore ... http://www.scq.ubc.ca/a-daily-log-of-concerns-by-a-member-of-the-union-of-concerned-scientists/ (If you want to leave a comment about the talk, please do so here). - - - Topic: Alex discusses the influence of gender in his own life in this TEDx talk, describing both medical and social perspectives of gender in our daily lives and the impact and consequences these perspectives bring ... http://www.scq.ubc.ca/gender-quest/ We utilize it for washing and waste disposal, employ it for transportation, power generation and irrigation, use it for cooking and after all need it to live – water. Although it is essential for all life on our planet, we often forget that freshwater resources are limited and in short ... http://www.scq.ubc.ca/the-blue-gold-%e2%80%93-how-much-is-it-worth-to-us/ CD Title: Inverse: (Special limited edition release) (2009) Artist: VAMPIRE WEEKEND Rating: 2.718 stars (out of 5) - - - The rating stands. (Spoiler alert: We rounded.) Actually, we took our cue here from Leonard Euler. Our rating is actually "e," as in the sound of the squeals that will inevitably emanate from the ... http://www.scq.ubc.ca/vir-weekend-where-i-is-in-amperes/ (If you want to leave a comment about the talk, please do so here). - - - Topic: Dr. Jennifer Gardy, an alumnus speaker at the event, is co-leading the new genome research lab at the BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC). She is also known as Nerd Girl from her Globe ... http://www.scq.ubc.ca/public-health-in-the-21st-century-the-open-source-outbreak/ (See the previous 10 questions piece here) - - - 1. The clone researchers said you were leading a happy life in your cramped, sterile, colorless, soundless storage pod. Why did you feel the need to escape? 2. I doubt any of the idiots at work will notice you're an ... http://www.scq.ubc.ca/10-questions-for-the-clone-who-stole-my-life/ - - - Presented on March 10th, 2009 at the Second Annual Most Exceptional Escapades in Science (This Time Also Darwinian) High School Student Conference, Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia. http://www.scq.ubc.ca/the-reception-to-darwin-and-the-myth-of-creationism/ oft called man's best friend canis familiaris asleep on my lap grand white polar bears so sad their numbers dwindle seals would not agree http://www.scq.ubc.ca/phylogenetic-haiku-break/ Man has been studying the fossil records for quite some time now—and we are not referring here to the investigation of old maid Sunday school teachers, Bob Dole, or others long presumed dead—and has discovered that there are many species of plants and animals which have become extinct. While many ... http://www.scq.ubc.ca/evolutionary-dead-ends/