You’ll read about a fight against the Anthropophagi – weird, voraciously hungry monsters that don’t need heads because their shark fangs are in their bellies – and then proceed to dream about harpies.  Except they aren’t harpies, they’re part ... Read More  

  There is something fascinating about science.  One gets such wholesale returns of conjecture out of such a trifling investment of fact. — Mark Twain Read More  

Any dog owner will tell you that their pet understands them – recognizes words, follows commands, and somehow knows when they need a sympathetic snuggle. Scientists call this communicative skill and intelligence “social cognition.” It’s the set of knowledge ... Read More  

So I watched Sharknado (voluntarily, unlike Snakes on a Plane, which I was dragged to with eyes in full-on roll mode). I could put on my scientist hat and talk about how almost everything about this movie is impossible, ... Read More  

According to a buddy of mine who works for the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, there are seven major food allergens: wheat/gluten, dairy, soy, eggs, nuts, sesame, and shellfish. I’m allergic to the first five, plus a random assortment of ... Read More  

Have you ever noticed that domestic animals share physical characteristics with each other, but not with their wild ancestors? Floppy ears, for instance. Elephants are the only wild species with floppy ears, but they occur in breeds of dog, ... Read More  

Alberta-born author and scientist Dr. Lindsey Carmichael has penned another science book for young readers. The Edmonton native’s upcoming book on the domestication of foxes, Fox Talk: How Some Very Special Animals Helped Scientists Understand Communication, publishes in August ... Read More  

Foxes as tame as dogs. Batteries made from living cockroaches. Science is anything but dull to author Dr. Lindsey Carmichael – and the fans who enjoy her science books for young readers. Publishing as L.E. Carmichael, she writes to ... Read More