On this day in 1996, American astronomer, astrophysicist, cosmologist and author Carl Sagan passed away. Sagan is known for the award-winning 1980 television series Cosmos: A Personal Voyage, which he narrated and co-wrote, a series I remember watching avidly in … Continue reading
Hmm, difficult decision, that one. It was a toss up, last night, between a free lecture at the University of Toronto, entitled A Map of the Universe: Large Scale Structure and the Cosmic Web, or some homemade Thai curry and … Continue reading
A friend of mine was working out at the gym this week, and as she was pumping it up she saw a clip on the Discovery Channel on one of the TV screens. It was an episode of one of … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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.