The other day I turned on Twitter and was confronted with this tweet: "Your next 10 minutes would be far better spent meditating than reading your Twitter feed." — The One You Feed (@oneyoufeed) September 3, 2017 That morning I ended up spending only a few minutes on Twitter before turning it off to do…
Canada’s 42nd election is a week behind us, and much has changed in Canada’s political landscape. The country heaved a collective sigh of relief following the election of Trudeau’s Liberals, expecting a major improvement over what we’ve experienced during the past 10 years of Harper’s reign. For Canadian science, the change in government can only…
Science Borealis is holding a blog carnival to celebrate their first anniversary, with bloggers writing about the most important story in their field for 2014. I’ve chosen the Mount Polley mine disaster, which I first wrote about on 5 August. To recap: on 4 August, a tailings pond at the Mount Polley gold mine in…
A couple of weeks ago, the European Union’s Chief Scientific Advisor (CSA) was axed. It didn’t make headlines in Canada until about a week ago, which was surprising given the push by Kennedy Stewart and the NDP for a Parliamentary Science Officer (PSO) here in Canada. I hadn’t thought very carefully about the PSO initiative…
Fear not, dear readers, I haven’t forgotten my blog but have been busy elsewhere – namely over at Science Borealis where we’re making plans to ensure the long-term sustainability of our science blog syndicating project. While I haven’t blogged here in a week or so, I had a guest editorial up at Science Borealis as…
Watershed Moments: Thoughts from the Hydrosphere 