6 unexpected discoveries from the world’s deepest well
We're still just scractching the surface of the planet.
The Electronic Rose
When is a rose not a rose? When it's a transistorized electronic circuit, of course. Scientists at Sweden's Linköping University...
Fourth Day of Montreal’s 7-Day Sewage Dump
Raw human sewage isn't in the news often enough. But infrastructure repair in Montreal has given sewage world attention. Starting...
Halloween’s Over. Time to Think Diabetes.
The household goblins have just about finished their bags of Halloween candy, so let's talk about diabetes. Some countries (Canada,...
Cuban Oil and American Détente
Havana lawyer, Dr Fidel Castro, in Washington DC, 1959. (Wikipedia) Besides sunshine and sugar cane, what has Cuba got? It...
Bees on a Caffeine Buzz
It seems bees may suffer from the same drowsy morning moods and weary fatigued afternoons as their human cousins. And...
50 Years Ago: How the Continents Fit Together
50 years ago, on October 28, 1965, an unlikely British geophysicist made a map that set the record straight on...
