February 2011


Google punches, Bing fights back

What do Google and a bunch of Internet fraudsters have in common? According to Yusuf Mehdi, Microsoft’s senior vice-president (online services), they both engage in…


Joss Whedon and Scientific Facts

Super soldiers, neural radios, bio-monitored self-imprisonment and sleeper assassins. Sounds like a pretty good show, right? It was! I would love to tell you all…


Interrupting animals

At the end of Federico Fellini’s Amarcord (1973), a peacock belonging to a local aristocrat escapes from his master’s house and lands in the town…


Sleep: such a magical wonder

Sleep? Bah, who needs it? We all do, unfortunately. Personally, I am very back and fourth; one day I could be pulling an all nighter…


Science briefs

Woodpecker brain technology Scientists at UC Berkeley have unraveled the mystery behind the impact-resistant woodpecker brain and are using the knowledge to protect your electronics….


Politics: the final frontier

NASA has been all over the map for the past few years — cancelling one program only to start another, only to be later cancelled…


Keep your ideas to yourself

Science vs Science Science is without a doubt the greatest tool in explaining the forces behind natural phenomena. It provides us with a common toolset…


A new era in Sudan

The people of Sudan are celebrating the results of a recent referendum on independence in South Sudan. The results were no surprise — everyone expected…


Escape from Winnipeg

i was born in Winnipeg. Or rather, the wrong part of Winnipeg. Growing up in the North End isn’t the greatest way to spend one’s…