– – – 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.
The Science Creative Quarterly
The Science Creative Quarterly (SCQ) is not a quarterly, but instead publishes new material at a non-linear rate. Currently, it is sleeping and in a sort of stasis (turpor?) It used to seek science writing of any genre, and your contribution would have involved checking out our submissions guidelines.
The Science Creative Quarterly (SCQ) has a single print edition so far (half SCQ pieces, and half fake science journal – see here for more details). Also, badges?
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PHYLOGENETIC HAIKU BREAK
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
EVOLUTIONARY DEAD ENDS
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 of these have simply evolved to more viable forms, there are others which seem to have run into a brick wall—or in more scientific terms, an up-thrust of metamorphosed iron-rich silt interlaced with veins of limestone. Although there is only inconclusive evidence as to the purpose, if any, of certain…
UNTITLED
all the walls are shaking softly & the sharp shining cuts the roof’s relief across cracked brickwork to show what went unseen before the light of evening pulls her black shawl over the city night as streetlights flicker & buzz to life, falling west across the breadth of habitation, right to left. the sunlight shakes the seasons & from fall winter springs So summer might shed raw, bright, Light on the heart of truth its Whole & its seed & its root & its leaves. The trouble is, truth neither sees nor believes, So how does it get off Being?
WHAT COLOUR IS A UNICORN?
What color is a unicorn? Well, let’s think about this for a second. There are paintings of unicorns. And there are movies about them. Also unicorns have shown up on tapestries, in novels, poems, songs, video games, tattoos, little sculptures made of plastic that children play with, etc. In fact there are many, many depictions and descriptions of unicorns out there, but are these real unicorns? No, not at all. So, with this realization I should like to amend my question to read: What color is a REAL unicorn? This is more difficult to answer isn’t it? To answer the…
DOES THE NAME DR. KRISANA KRAISINTU RING A BELL?
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 to admit that I think the last one I read was back in high school long ago, and if I remember correctly had something to do with vampires – ironic in that vampires at the time were not so popular. But this play was about something I am interested in – medicine and social responsibility – and it was referred…
WRITE SOMETHING SCIENCE-Y AND WIN ONE OF TWO IPOD NANOS
– – – Ahhhh… The summer is over, and although we seem to be generally slowing down with age, we still have some gumption in us. Consequently, we feel that it is that time of year to dust off the keyboard, renew our lists, and maybe get down to writing that science masterpiece you’ve been saving up for. In any event, we thought it worthy to provide a little bait to this endeavour. We would offer a trinket of prizes – two iPod nanos to be exact – for submissions that come our way over the next academic year. That’s…
IMAGINED TALKS WE’D BE CURIOUS TO SEE (A VIDEO)
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HOW I GOT OUT OF WRITING AN ESSAY ON H.G. WELL’S THE TIME MACHINE.
(Because it’s also the International Year of Astronomy, over the next few weeks, we are happy to present a few reprinted funny pieces that relate to this business of space – Enjoy!) January 17, 2005 I received the syllabus for my Humanities course. A humanities course should not be required for my B.Sc degree in Physics. To add insult to injury, we are supposed to do an analysis of Well’s The Time Machine. We are to focus on the historical context when the topic is time travel? Who reads a book on a time machine for social insights? I would…