Do you like science, wildlife, and Africa? If so, this site is for you! WildCam Africa is a web cam set up near a watering hole in Botswana. It streams live video to the National Geographic website for your viewing pleasure. This unbelievably simple idea can yield some pretty cool footage, [...]

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Privacy advocacy group ‘Privacy International’ in the UK is all up in arms about Google Street View’s recent endeavor to start mapping out the streets of England. The BBC writes about it here.
Privacy debates are always interesting to me, because despite the legitimate points that can be raised on either side of the issue, [...]

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I have a problem with this article from over at dailygalaxy.com. It’s not a problem with the content of the article, which is actually quite interesting, but rather with the headline:
Is Aging an Accident of Evolution? Stanford Scientists Say “Yes”
I understand what is meant by the headline, but the fact remains that there are [...]

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In the past, we’ve blogged about issues such as ISP bandwidth throttling, and net neutrality. According to the CBC, the Canadian government has formed an organization exclusively to deal with issues between telecommunications companies, and consumers/small businesses. Unfortunately, word of the organization still hasn’t gotten around.
The Commissioner for Complaints for Telecommunications Services was [...]

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NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD):

Living so close to the city, I rarely have the opportunity to look up and see a night sky as vibrant as the one captured in this photo. The picture reminds me of one time where I spent the night at a friend’s farm. It wasn’t quite [...]

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It should be common sense that staring into the sun may not be the best of ideas.  Doing so can very well result in damaged or loss of eyesight.  So what would it take to incite dozens of adults to stare into the sun long enough to lose it completely?

Well, religious superstition, of course.
At least [...]

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Hearing Jenny McCarthy’s stance on vaccinations sickened me. This was no longer the innocent pseudo-science of UFO sightings and Free Energy, but rather a movement that has resulted in thousands of deaths world-wide, and outbreaks of previously-eradicated diseases in one of the most scientifically advanced countries in the world. Enraged, I decided to [...]

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It seems every other day that someone comes up with a way to extract useful chemical energy from water. The fact that it’s physically impossible is less important than the fact that one can always find gullible people to fork over large quantities of money for these so-called “inventions”.
But this guy is really taking it [...]

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Surprised stock spot Sasquatch sauntering in Southern Ontario. Yet another Sasquatch sighting, this time in our home province of Ontario. Two women, Helen Pahpasay and her mother, were out driving when they spotted a “hulking figure”.
“It was black, about eight feet long and all black, and the way it walked was upright, human-like, [...]

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It’s my sad duty to report that, not very long ago, notorious para-psychological assassin Henk Middelraad, in a confrontation with Randi, launched deadly para-psychological missiles at Randi’s whereabouts.
Transcript:
Randi: Grow up.
Middelraad: [NO U]
Randi: No, I’ve already grown up. I asked YOU to grow up. I’ve no interest in children’s games.
Middelraad: Okay, evidently you like to play [...]

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