(In reference to this) Bill Hick, I have a question. What’s up with the Mentos in a Coke bottle thing. Is that like a miracle kind of thing. I swear, when I did it once, I saw the face of jesus in the explosion that followed. cheers, Henry from Alabama Dear Henry from Alabama, What is it with you Bible Belters? Always seeing Jesus in toaster strudels and newspaper kiosks. If I had a nickel for every time one of you southerners tried to stuff the square peg of religion into the round hole of scientific discourse, I’d probably have…
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QUESTIONS! QUESTIONS FOR A PRICK!
- archive / newsThe Science Creative Quarterly is seeking wondrous, thought provoking, and potentially slightly silly science questions. These we hope to present to our esteem Bill Hick, the Science Prick, who in turn will attempt his best to answer them in due course. As well, know that a little meat with regards to the questions submitted wouldn’t hurt. And to attract such queries, we would like to make this request for questions our October monthly book contest. This time around, the prize is Edwina, The Dinosaur Who Didn’t Know She Was Extinct by Mo Willems. This seems just about right, since Edwina…
BILL HICK, SCIENCE PRICK, SERVES SUCKAS ON THE BLOCK
- archive / humourDear Mr. Hick, Hi! My name is Sammy, and I live in Alaska with my mama, papa, and puppy dog, Puppy. I am only six, so my mama typed this for me. You are one of my favorite people. Ever! There’s this thing that we see up here a lot called the aurora borealis. (That looks like a hard word to spell! Wow.) My papa says it has something to do with electrons (another really hard word!), but I have a secret: I think it’s heaven. What do you think, Mr. Hick? Love, Sammy Davis Fairbanks, Alaska Dear Sammy, Sammy,…
BILL HICK, SCIENCE PRICK, HOUSES ON FOOLS
- archive / humourDear Mr. Hick, I’m thirteen years old, writing from Atlanta, Georgia. My friend has a German Sheppard named Sparky. Sparky is a neutered male, but that doesn’t stop him from sometimes demonstrating some pretty gross sexual behavior. What I mean is: He likes to hump my leg. He also likes to hump my friend’s leg, and the legs of a lot of our other male buddies. So my question is: Can a dog be gay? Billy Greeling Atlanta, Georgia Dear Billy, Well this is a strange question, Billy. At first, I figured you were going to inquire why spayed or…
REFUGEE SCREENING: A BRIEF INTRODUCTION (AND A REQUEST FOR EQUIPMENT)
- archive / textbookIn an increasingly chaotic world, people fleeing life-threatening chaos—refugees—are a growing group. Today over 65 million displaced people—representing the biggest wave of mass displacement since World War II—seek safer, better lives in new countries, cultures, languages, fields, and communities. Many are climate refugees—people displaced by the effects of climate change. This group will probably grow by an order of magnitude in the coming decades, unless countries and corporations achieve global collective action to reduce carbon emissions and otherwise stem the effects of what we are already experiencing as climate departure. Refugees face many challenges, from life-threatening violence and other disaster…
WHEN WHEAT MUFFINS TURN TO THE DARK SIDE: ON GLUTEN AND YOUR DIET
- archive / textbook(Published March 2013) Think about what you ate for breakfast this morning. You might have had some fruit or protein, but you most likely ingested wheat. This is a probable assumption because wheat is the most widely consumed food group in the North American diet [1]. Common wheat-based breakfast foods such as pastries, bagels, granola bars, pancakes, cereal, muffins, and oats all contain flours or starches prepared with wheat, rye and barley grains [1]. When flours are mixed with water, the wheat proteins create a 3D network giving dough elastic and viscous properties that food-processing companies have chemically manipulated to…
COLLECTED WORKS FROM IRWIN PARK ELEMENTARY, MAY 5th 2008
- archive / creative / symposia worksThese pieces were composed during the May 5th session of the Science Creative Literacy Symposia. During this day, students performed a few biology experiments that examined change (DNA isolation from Kiwi, and a pineapple enzymatic degradation of jello). Afterwards, students were then asked to create poetry, again examining a subject in light of different perspectives. – – – THE LIFE OF A RAT Growing up as a rat isn’t easy. Food is scarce so we eat garbage. We are hated by everyone, thought we only do what we must. All our siblings nearing starvation. As an adult, things change. We…
THE PROBLEM OF PRIOR KNOWLEDGE
- archive / creative—And today we are pleased to welcome the notorious “atheist creationist.” Thank you for joining us, Dr. Kranish. —Your sobriquet is only half right, but I accept it. It got me on your show. I’m making a fortune. —Why, Dr. Kranish, you sound positively cynical. “When you’re dead, you’re dead,” declares Stanley Kranish, disgraced engineering professor and charcoal chef extraordinaire. His son David watches dutifully. Wielding his long spatula like a baton, Kranish slices through the heat ripples over two hissing steaks and one mute veggie burger, and prepares to utter his key insight. “Like a rock,” he and David…
COLLECTED WORKS FROM TECUMSEH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, MAY 8th 2008
- archive / creative / symposia worksPart of our Science Creative Literary Symposia. During this day, students from the Grade 7 class extracted compounds from various plant and flower samples, which were then loaded on a silica based chromatography column for characterization. – – – THE DIAMED FLOWER The DiaMed flower Magenta petals, Slightly browning, Texture of satin, In a single row. Varnished, stiff leaves, The colour of pine needles, Pointing up walls. Thin sheet of ice, Crackled and sizzled like afire Pestle ran over the helpless plant. Trampled on, chunks all over the place. A victim of the evil white smog. Out of the freezer,…