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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... 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 | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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1427 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 | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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2573 views | 12 recommendations | 10 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... 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... 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,... 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 | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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1861 views | 29 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,... 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,... 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 | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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868 views | 12 recommendations | 11 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... 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... 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... NowPublic in the News: Ryerson Review of Journalism
Michael Tippet (NP co-founder), Rachel Nixon (NP Global News Director), Alfred Hermida (UBC Journalism Professor), and myself (user, or citizen, or participant, or whatever you want to call me) are interviewed...
created by ScienceDave | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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849 views | 29 recommendations | 20 comments
