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Name That Cloud
It’s finally gotten to the point where I can lay out on the grass and stare at the sky without the risk of being covered in snow. Let’s celebrate with the game show craze that’s not exactly sweeping the nation… Name That Cloud! You’ve probably heard the cloud names before, but if you’re like me, [...]
The Shape of the Universe (part 2): Infinity and Beyond
Yesterday I was talking about the hypersphere as one of the proposed shapes for the universe, but I ran out of space (trying to keep things snappy) before I got to the more interesting idea. Some theories peg the universe as having no shape at all… it just goes on forever. Have you ever heard [...]
FACT: the so-called global warming crisis is a lot of hot air
This post is part of “Blog Action Day“, wherein over 7000 blogs will be posting on the topic of climate change. The goal is to raise awareness of the issues and concerns of the global environment. I have a hunch that my post is not quite what they had in mind. I’ll come right out [...]
FACT: autumn leaves only turn red as a last resort
It’s now officially chilly around here, so my curiosity turned towards the leaves. Specifically, how and why they change to such lovely colours. Turns out, they don’t really change to yellow and orange so much as let their true colours come through. (That’s your cue, Cyndi!) The green in leaves is due to the presence [...]
SING-ALONG: a folk-science song that explains how water boils
I’m declaring “casual Friday” again, and what’s more casual than a sing-along? It seems that the science-folk genre just isn’t what it used to be, so I’m bringing it back to the limelight. Back in 1959 Tom Glazer teamed up with Dottie Evans to record a series of albums called “Singing Science”. Their little ditties [...]
FACT: aluminium is infinitely recyclable
It’ may be a blasphemous thing to say, but I’m generally not gung-ho about recycling. Sure, all the cool kids were in the grade five “Earth Club”, but after that I started to feel like it was more hype than truth. Paper biodegrades and, with properly managed forests, is a renewable resource. Plastic doesn’t recycle [...]
The sea with no shores