This is an amazing picture of the Space Shuttle Atlantis, in orbit working on repairs to the Hubble Space Telescope. The photo was taken by French astro-photographer, Thierry Legault. Legault, who was near Kennedy Space Center at the time, had his equipment set up and was able to take the shot as Atlantis sped towards …
Category Archive: Science & Nature
Feb 12 2009
Darwin Day 2009
Happy Darwin Day! Today marks the bicentenary of the birth of Charles Darwin (1809 – 1882), the famous British biologist who proposed the theory of evolution* and who, in 1859, published On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection. Darwin’s theory has stood the test of time (not to mention direct observation) to …
Jan 30 2009
Blogging for Darwin
I was on fellow blogger Glendon Mellow’s site The Flying Trilobite yesterday and I came across a link to a Blog for Darwin web site. After reading about this online event, which basically involves writing a Darwin-related blog article between the dates of February 12 to 15, I thought I’d add my name to the …
Nov 01 2008
I Heart PZ!
Last night was Halloween, which is when El Franco and I usually vacate the home and go to a pub in order to avoid what we refer to as the “Attack of the Babies” (i.e. Trick-or-Treats). This year, after meeting early in the evening on October 31 and having dinner with a couple of friends, …
Oct 13 2008
PZ Myers Presents: Science Education
I’ve already bought my ticket for this lecture by PZ Myers in Toronto on Halloween; Science Education: caught in the middle of the war between science and religion. PZ Myers is a biology professor from Morris, Minnesota, who writes the most popular science blog on the internet, Pharyngula. Myers is a controversial figure who regularly …
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I was born in England, spent part of my childhood in Zambia and eventually immigrated to Canada. This is a blog about the news and events in my life, my interests in politics, religion, human rights, science, reason, and the odd post here and there about my cats.
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