This past November I had the amazing opportunity to participate in the Hacking Health hackathon right here in Toronto. The event brings together healthcare professionals and technology developers to collaborate and build solutions to existing ...
Thomas Kuhn was among the leading figures in the philosophy of science during the 20th century (along with other greats such as Karl Popper and Ludwig Wittgenstein). He popularized the use of the word paradigm,
David Hume Lately I have been reading a lot of Hoax Slayer and using the associated information for responding to highly incorrect information that people have been re-posting on Facebook. It seems many people ...
“This adorable picture was taken by the Norwegian photographer Dagfinn Breivik Skomsø (http://adnaturae.blogspot.no/) near Trondheim, Norway. These little birds are members of the species long-tailed tit (Aegithalos caudatus), tiny birds (13-15 cm) found widespread around ...
This week’s stunning photo was shot by Norwegian photographer Rune Gudmundsen, and it is of a Rocky Mountain elk (Cervus canadensi nelsoni). The Rocky Mountain elk is a sub species of elk (Cervus canadensi), and ...
A reader recently asked us: “How to spaceships fly in space when there is nothing to push against?” Propulsion works following Newton’s 3rd Law: every reaction has an equal and opposite reaction. Now with jet ...
This week’s photo shows a brown bear (Ursus arctos) photographed in North-Eastern Finland during midnight june this year. At this time of the year, it never gets completly dark here. There are several subspecies of ...
One of the most alarming trends is the global rise in tax-payer funded magic, particularly in developed countries. No, this is not a joke, in nations such as Australia and America there has been an ...
Berry Go Round #62, Covering the history of coffee, how Ivy climbs walls, biological diversity, and plants that can drink clouds.