Today, scientists announced that a brand-spankin’ new element would be added to the Periodic Table of the Elements. Dubbed “Copernicium” (after 16th Century astronomer Copernicus), it is the heaviest element in the table, weighing in at a hefty 277 times the weight of hydrogen. Of course, it can only be found in the milliseconds after [...]
Sorry about the lack of posting over the past few weeks. I’m taking a bit of time to figure out where I’d like the site to go next (suggestions welcome!), the kinds of things I want to write about, and how to balance it all with a full-time job. It’s a summer vacation of sorts, [...]
I’ve expressed some concern over hipster sports on this blog in the past. But here’s one that combines the ubiquity of cardboard with the awesomeness of hitting someone in the face with cardboard: Gold. I want to start a cardboard tube-fighting league in Toronto. Who’s with me? And can we use your lawn? Via BoingBoing.
Hilarious in the sense that it is always fun to watch people you dislike self-immolate, that is. This is perhaps an old point to make, but politicians keep finding new and exciting ways to make spectacular blunders online. Take the case of 38-year-old Audra Shay, Vice-Chairman of the Young Republicans and leading contender for the [...]
As the Great Garbage Strike of ’09 enters its 12th day, an increasingly piquant odour is in the air. Pretty amazing when you think about it- we produce so much refuse as a city that, in less than two weeks, we’re already starting to stink ourselves out. It’s rather frightening how dependent we really are [...]
We humans are an arrogant lot. We go about our daily lives, content in our apparent biological superiority and totally unaware of the seething insectoid threat lurking beneath our feet. Scientists have discovered that the Argentine Ant rivals mankind with the size and reach of their colonies. They’re found on every continent except Antarctica, and [...]