Category: People
When your robot breaks your heart
Jibo is going to die. Today. His death, like that of so many, will come at the end of a steady...
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Beautiful Sunday: Breathing life into paper
I came across this amazing art on the Cornell magazine, Living Birds, last week in a story...
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The importance of national apology #150Acts
Yesterday Prime Minister Justin Trudeau issued a formal apology to the Inuit and Innu people of...
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Last week, tears. Today, the sun.
The sun. The earth revolves around it. It is the source of life on this planet. Everything that...
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Illusuak: Where work and meaning converge
When you do freelance work like I do, you take your gigs where you can get them. You might find...
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A Heartbreaking Goodbye: Glenn Samuel Gerson – Dec 3, 1957 – Sep 9, 2015
Glenn S. Gerson, originally from Severna Park, MD and long-time resident of Rouses Point, NY died...
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Over Easy: Me and the Elephant Bird Egg
A few years ago I wrote a post on The Secrets of a Ginormous Egg, a story about David...
Read MoreAdd Your Voice to Plans for an Alice Munro Museum
One of the great things about being a freelance writer is that you get to write about things that you wouldn’t normally even think about. Last year I began working with Blue Rhino Design, a creative company that develops...
Read MoreDavid Suzuki’s Blue Dot Tour: Changing a Nation
Last week I attended the David Suzuki Foundation Blue Dot Tour here in Toronto. I admit, I didn’t really know what the tour was about (they had me at “David Suzuki”). I figured it had to do with climate...
Read MoreJane Goodall: Still Redefining Science at 80
Today is Jane Goodall’s 80th Birthday! I wanted to write a special post for that .. for her, but I really couldn’t imagine what I’d say that hasn’t been said a thousand times before. I did pay tribute to...
Read MoreLetter to a Young Man
I wrote this post some weeks ago in response to a sexual harassment incident that occurred in the Science Online community. I didn’t post it here because I was hoping to have it published somewhere where more young men...
Read MoreIntroducing IFLS Live Toronto!
On Friday I attended IFLS Live in Toronto at the Ontario Science Centre, and I have to say, it was an incredibly fun evening. I know that many of my readers are not immersed in the online science world and may be puzzled as to...
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