Beautiful Shell Debris: CaCO3 Preservation

Beautiful Shell Debris: CaCO3 Preservation

There is beauty in strange places. We collect shells to add a little something to our homes and gardens. Most end up in dishes in the bathroom, though the shell should take no notice. This could…
GRB 090423: Oh, that old thing.

GRB 090423: Oh, that old thing.

From CNN: Scientists spot oldest ever object in universe Wow, that gamma ray from the exploding star GRB 090423 is so old.  Why do we even keep it around?  It’s like, 95% as old as time.…
Fossils of the Tropical Okanagan

Fossils of the Tropical Okanagan

What we find at crime scenes and fossil sites is just as interesting as what is missing.  We see this play out in some of the freshwater sites of British Columbia. The Okanagan Highlands …
Arctic Ice Core Proves Hot

Arctic Ice Core Proves Hot

Evidence from the past provides a crytal ball for the future. A sediment core from 400m below the seabed of the Arctic Ocean showed that Fifty-five million years ago, deep in the Eocene, the…
Let's End Sexual Cannibalism

Let's End Sexual Cannibalism

At least once a year, Cosmo’s cover story is about how to have better, longer sex: a turgid treatise on positions and anatomy.  Our finest ladies’ mags are ignoring the obvious. To improve the…
Human Evolution - Petering Out?

Human Evolution - Petering Out?

Have we really stopped evolving? In Cosmos magazine, Steve Jones argues that human evolution is coming to an end: The question I have is: will human evolution really continue? I think the…