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We can’t let those Torontonians beat us. Join the Vancouver hub – Matt tells us how!

Following on from the tale of British Columbia’s very own iceman, here’s another local story about the mysterious discovery of human remains and the use of genetic fingerprinting to establish kinship.

I’m free! Thanks for all the excellent advice on answering endless questions from creationists. I’ve now closed comments on the offending post with the following:

Do bloggers in general, and those of us who write about current scientific research in particular, have an obligation to our readers? The obligation to accurately describe and interpret the results at hand is a given. But do we also … Continue reading →

I spent most of yesterday trying to make my garden look like less of a disgrace. My mother-in-law’s patented “let’s see the positive at all times” observation that “your garden looks so colourful!” made me realise that it really was … Continue reading →

During my six years in Canada, I have had the pleasure of sending many forms, documents and letters, not to mention lots of hard-earned cash, to the following address: Consulate General of Canada Immigration Regional Program Centre 3000 HSBC Center … Continue reading →

Holy shit, this photo’s real?! A few people had sent it to me, but I thought it was a PhotoShop job.

…but the olfactory resemblence of your mother to elderberries remains unverified by modern science. Here’s a rare gem from this week’s local news. A few years ago, a body emerged from a melting glacier in Northern BC. When I first … Continue reading →

Luckily for my sanity, this week’s email alerts from Nature News are much more interesting than the ones I’ve been getting from Google. Today’s offering concerns new guidelines from the Swiss government’s ethics committee. All relevant grant applications must now … Continue reading →

Apparently Liz Hurley may be pregnant. The reason I know about this riveting story is that it broke when she attended a charity benefit. The charity happens to fund the work of one of the PIs in my department, and … Continue reading →