The Immortal Jellyfish

When you think of immortality, what comes to mind? For me, I imagine vampires, Voldemort, and gods from mythology. But never would I have imagined that the embodiment of immortality would have been none other than the humble jellyfish. Turritopsis nutricula is a species of hydrozoan (jellyfish) that is capable of a process named transdifferentiation.  This…

3 Things for Calgary (Victoria Edition)

So, if you’ve been around this blog at all, you may have already heard about Nenshi’s 3 Things for Calgary, an initiative for Calgarians to do three things to make Calgary an even more awesome place than it already is. Personally, I think this idea is great. It’s valuble to understand that a positive action,…

Remembrance Day Poetry: Two Minutes

Do not think of blood red poppies, Do not think of forlorn crosses, Do not think of crying larks, Do not think of quarrelling foe.   Think of those who gave up life, Think of those who dared death, Think of those husbands, sons and lovers lost, Think of those last hugs, goodbyes and kisses…

New European laser experiment?

According to The Telegraph, a new laser experiment is being planned by European scientists in order to find answers to some fundamental questions in particle physics. The ELI Ultra-High Field laser is going to be made of 10 laser beams that will be all focused on one point to produce an even larger beam of…

Website of the Day: Kijiji

Selling and buying stuff locally can be really frustrating. Kijiji.ca lets you put your classifieds online for free with 5,000 daily viewers! No registration is required and all you have to do is go the website, select your city and start selling and buying. The website runs on the bases of people posting their own…

Anti-Horse Carriages

Last month, a carriage horse in New York City died near Central Park. Just a few days ago, I came across another news article of another carriage horse collapsing along with a video. This recurring news sparked great concern to me because I never truly thought about the effects on horses caused by pulling carriages. Yes, the…

3 Things for Calgary

On Oct 21, Mayor Nenshi launched the Three Things for Calgary initiative, urging all Calgarians to take on three things, big or small, that would benefit their neighbours, community and city. After all, to make a community into a better place, we as citizens have to do our part. To that end this is my…