Snow's Two Cultures

Snow's Two Cultures

The 50th anniversary of C.P. Snow's famous Rede lecture on the "Two Cultures" has been marked this year, around the web and sometimes in real life too, with various symposia and blogfests…
Fossil Collecting an Ancient Arc

Fossil Collecting an Ancient Arc

During the middle Eocene, 45-50 m.y.a., a number of freshwater lakes appeared in an arc extending from Smithers, through the modern Cariboo, to Kamloops, the Nicola Valley, Princeton, and Republic,…
Tuna Sandwich: Going the way of the Dodo

Tuna Sandwich: Going the way of the Dodo

The tuna sandwich has been the staple of the snatched office lunch for a generation. But our favourite fish filling could soon vanish from the high street. Sandwich chain Pret a Manger yesterday…
Fossils of Messel

Fossils of Messel

When the 47million-year-old fossil dubbed 'Ida' was revealed to the world, attention soon turned to the anonymous German shale pit where it was first unearthed. The astonishingly well-preserved…
First Haida

First Haida

One story goes that long ago, after the ice receded and the floodwaters lowered, Raven walked along a beach in Haida Gwaii, looking for occupation. He found some creatures in a shell and convinced…
Cedar:

Cedar:

The arrival of cedar, called “Tsuuaay” by the Haida, had profound effects on the material culture of the Haida (Approx 4000 BC). Once they were able to build canoes to fish year round (Halibut, Red…
Trouble-Free Handsfree With the Jabra BT2080

Trouble-Free Handsfree With the Jabra BT2080

SINGAPORE, June 7 /PRNewswire/ -- - Designed for Technophobes, the Jabra BT2080 is Effortless to use - the Epitome of Simplicity Jabra, a world leader in innovative headset solutions, has today…