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Two Blocks Cordoned Off in Downtown Vancouver: Hazmat Called
Located at the intersection of Burrard and Nelson streets, the Electra building, formerly the BC Hydro Headquarters, was cordoned off by police, firetrucks, and ambulances this afternoon. Traffic going down...
created by ScienceDave | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
941 views | 12 recommendations | 1 comment
941 views | 12 recommendations | 1 comment
Satire: "A Children's Book Author Reviews the Canadian Prime Ministerial Cand...
*Note: there isn't a Satire category, so Opinion will have to do.Stephen Harper (Conservative Party, current Prime Minister)Stephen loves kittens. So does his wife, Laureen, and the rest of his family. In fact, Stephen’s family has adopted two foster kittens... 566 views | 47 recommendations | 4 comments
Vancouver Critical Mass Hits the Streets For Another Year
"Take public to the streets, by all means except the motor We are the world that we imagine, and our vision can be made realThe Age of the Bicycle will be upon us! as we move Towards Carfree Cities. The choice is...
created by ScienceDave | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
1622 views | 35 recommendations | 7 comments
1622 views | 35 recommendations | 7 comments
UBC Museum Robbery - Gold Jewelry, Bill Reid Artwork Stolen
Over the past weekend, thieves made off several pieces of solid gold jewelry from the University of British Columbia (UBC) Museum of Anthropology. Twelve of the pieces were fashioned by the late Bill...
created by ScienceDave | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
3261 views | 12 recommendations | 9 comments
3261 views | 12 recommendations | 9 comments
Russian Sets Record For Solo Circumnavigation of Antarctica
It makes me all warm and gooey inside knowing there are still rich, eccentric adventurers out there."Russian Fedor Konyukhov completed the first solo circumnavigation of Antarctica in his 26m craft, throwing down...
created by ScienceDave | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
1056 views | 10 recommendations | 1 comment
1056 views | 10 recommendations | 1 comment
Happy Belated Anniversary NowPublic and ScienceDave!
I realized something today - it has been more than one full year since I began posting to NowPublic. If there is one thing that remains certain here, it is that many great (and not so great) contributors have come and gone, but few have stayed.That said, instead of...
created by ScienceDave | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
572 views | 29 recommendations | 7 comments
572 views | 29 recommendations | 7 comments
Texas Rejects Creationist Science Degree Accreditation
Back in February, I first read about the proposed M.Sc. degree accreditation in Science Education from the Institute of Creation Science of Texas. Last December, education officials approved the plan, and it... Price For A Pint is Pinching Microbrewers
Sadly, the price of 2007's world's most popular drink may be on the rise.There were a number of reports by Canadian news outlets yesterday (and, according to Google news, New Zealand outlets as well) that,...
created by ScienceDave | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
706 views | 10 recommendations | 1 comment
706 views | 10 recommendations | 1 comment
Pine Beetle Turning BC Forests into Net Source of Carbon Dioxide by 2020
Flying over British Columbia, or even driving through the interior of the province, will reveal a blight spreading throughout the province's forests. Hectares of pine trees have died and turned red,...
created by ScienceDave | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
2597 views | 30 recommendations | 9 comments
2597 views | 30 recommendations | 9 comments
"Viral media" might really be "Tree media" - Study
Finally, someone has done it (and published it in a prestigious journal like PNAS).Apparently, current models of information spread online have assumed the "viral" form (i.e. information spreads like an epidemic,...
created by ScienceDave | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
1014 views | 22 recommendations | 4 comments
1014 views | 22 recommendations | 4 comments
Candy Flavored Cocaine - or - Science gone bad, real bad.
"Drug rings have occasionally sold cocaine mixed with candy powder, but investigators said the new product was significantly more sophisticated and lucrative. Cocaine cut with an added flavoring is less potent,...
created by ScienceDave | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
1619 views | 5 recommendations | 3 comments
1619 views | 5 recommendations | 3 comments
Ride For Free - Get Tasered: Vancouver Transit
According to the Globe and Mail, Vancouver Metro Transit officials feel it is within their guidelines to taser riders who refuse to pay for public transportation: in 18 months, the taser was used 10 times. ...
created by ScienceDave | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
1016 views | 12 recommendations | 5 comments
1016 views | 12 recommendations | 5 comments
Health Canada: Bisphenol A is Dangerous
Health Canada has become the first regulatory body worldwide to officially state the worries and potential dangers surrounding Bisphenol A (BPA). BPA is widely used in plastic production - polycarbonate in...
created by ScienceDave | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
1653 views | 9 recommendations | 2 comments
1653 views | 9 recommendations | 2 comments
Greenwashing - Capitalizing off of Green Living Trends?
It isn't surprising that this has become an issue - companies making claims of sustainable, environmental, or "green" practices when, in fact, they may be doing no such thing.""It's an area in which we are...
created by ScienceDave | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
712 views | 37 recommendations | 9 comments
712 views | 37 recommendations | 9 comments
One Night Stand, or Long Haul? It's all in your Face.
I, and many of my friends, always thought we could tell what was what (or at least, so I'm told).A group of 700 heterosexual participants in Durham, England were shown images of the opposite sex, and asked how...
created by ScienceDave | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
1013 views | 12 recommendations | 6 comments
1013 views | 12 recommendations | 6 comments
