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Blog: Otter Penises

Otters are one of the cutest, most cuddly, most adorable creatures on the planet.  They hold hands!  They are fluffy!  *swoon They also have shrinking penises and that's a problem.     Otter penis...

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Blog: Happy Birthday to MEEEEeeee

It's my birthday and I decided to celebrate by coming up with how we all spent the last year.  1. In one year, along the Earth’s nearly circular orbit, you will travel approximately 9.42x108 km. (Take...

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Blog: Off With the Hangovers

On Saturday afternoon, as you groggily wake up from your stupor, wondering where that one earring went to and debating who you switched shoes with, and when such an event occurred, you curse the...

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Blog: Pi Day!

Have fun celebrating Pi day with all your friends you don't have because you celebrate Pi Day!    

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Blog: Cheetah Robot is Faster Than You

Do you think that you could beat cheetah robot?  This Boston Dynamics beauty tops out at 29 miles per hour.     I would try, but I just pulled a hammy yesterday, so...  

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Blog: Bee Buzz

Bees: they dance, they can be zombified, and now they’ve been caffeinated. A study published in March 2013 looked at the development of caffeinated nectar as a means of seducing bees to come and make...

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Blog: Inhospitable

What is the most inhospitable place on the planet?  A lava flow, a glacier, Honey BooBoo's mom's panties?  How about eleven kilometers under the ocean at one thousand times the pressure we experience...

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Blog: Spring Has Sprung

It is apparently spring, except the 25 centimeters of snow that fell this week over in my end of the world begs to differ.  But, spring is supposedly bringing flowers, allergies, butterflies and all...

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Blog: Science Fools

What do you get when you use science for evil? Suspended. That’s what. April Fools’ Day is a longstanding tradition. Saran-potties, onion-sabotaged caramel apples, staplers suspended in jello…its...

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Blog: Good Thinkin', Kid

  As someone just starting their career in science, it's easy to feel like I've got nothing to offer but naive optimism and fearful obedience. I forget that it was my brain that got me here, and that...

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Blog: Darkness

We are in the middle of International Dark Skies Week and as I sit and look out on the Vancouver skyline on this April morning all I can see is glow, hazy glow.   66% percent of grade school students...

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Blog: You've Been Science'd

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Blog: Sexy 'Stache

Commander Hadfield has made science cool again, he's charming, witty, intelligent and most of all.....he's got that 'stache....

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Blog: Bacterial Time Share

Your body is a wonderland…for microbes. And your pet dog is the dirty rag that spreads them around. It’s no surprise that we are covered in bacteria. Thankfully they’re so small that they are...

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Blog: Earth

    “Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The...

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Blog: Portion Distortion

The “Obesity Epidemic” isn’t just a pseudo-band made up by the minds behind Jimmy Kimmel bits. It’s real and it is threatening the health of a large portion of the population. And restaurants are...

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Blog: Mother Ship

I now work for CBC radio, it's a pretty cool gig as the science columnist where I get to talk about all sorts of different topics like biggest space science aboard the ISS to the smallest chemistry of...

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Blog: Feed Me, Seymour!

I have killed so many plants, that I've often wondered if they would ever be able to just tell me when they needed water.  Well, now they can thanks to a company called Botanicalls.   It all started...

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Blog: Yummy Mommy

Mom’s sacrifice a lot for their kids like sleepless nights and hours spent at the rink.  And today we celebrate their sacrifices by buying them flowers, chocolate and cheesy cards.     For black lace...

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Blog: Water: A Space Odyssey

Water is a pretty amazing substance, but its even more amazing in space: He's bringin' sexy 'stache and making science fun and accessible for everyone.  I wonder how many more kids want to be...

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