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Robotics circa 2014
I don’t know about you, but I have always been fascinated by robots (let’s blame Isaac Asimov). Over the years, I have covered quite a range of robots for the Science Page, including robots that could...
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Space Ice
Image from NASA/JPL/Ciclops There is a lot of water in our solar system, more than you would probably think. Astronomers know that water is present on Mars and our Moon; that it composes the majority...
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The Science of Being Short
King Louis XIV, also known as the ‘Sun King’Those are most likely not his legs … photoshop wasn’t invented by the Internet When I was still at school, a very cruel song came out called ‘Short People’....
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Talk to the Animals
Doctor Dolittle wanted to talk with the animals. As a child, I just accepted the fact that the animals wanted to talk back. These days, I can’t help feeling that if wild animals could talk, most would...
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Poisonous Paints and Peculiar Pigments
In previous eras, hatters and milliners gained a reputation for being insane. Mercury was used in the felting process for making hats, particularly fur-based hats constructed from beaver or rabbit. The...
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The Unquiet Earth
“What’s the use of a fine house if you haven’t got a tolerable planet to put it on?” ― Henry David Thoreau Image from Windows into the Earth by Robert B. Smith and Lee J. Siegel There seems to be a new...
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Ethics, Morality and Science: The Ongoing Debate over the Legacy of Henrietta...
Henrietta Lacks; image from the Henrietta Lacks Foundation I have previously written about Henrietta Lacks and her immortal line of cancer cells so vital to cancer research, the immortal HeLa cell...
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The Hoatzin
The Hoatzin – the Amazon Stinkbird I’ve done a few posts about amazing animals in the past, but I have to admit, the Hoatzin is rather special, because it has several features that makes it unique in...
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The Canadian Space Elevator
During a speech he once gave, someone in the audience asked Arthur C. Clarke when the space elevator would become a reality. Clarke answered, “Probably about 50 years after everybody quits laughing.”...
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Vetigel
Image from the Suneris website Bleeding out is one of the great contributors to death by injury. Often, the fatal loss of blood occurs quicker than the medic or ambulance officer can control the...
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