My new book, The Science of Shakespeare: A New Look at the Playwright's Universe, is released this week in Canada, and will be available next week across the U.S. The …
What did Shakespeare know about science? In a feature story in today's Daily Telegraph (U.K.), I explore the question of what the playwright knew about the universe and when he …
I'm very pleased to announce my third book, The Science of Shakespeare: A New Look at the Playwright's Universe, to be published by St. Martin's Press in the U.S., and …
Science, art, and literature have largely gone their separate ways – but 400 years ago, they were very much intertwined. I explore some of these connections in my TEDxNovaScotia talk, …
Could life survive, even flourish, in boiling, acidic water? Inside solid rock, or ice? In the near-vacuum of space? As part of the Toronto Science Festival, I'll be moderating a …
The age of intelligent machines is coming faster than we think. How will it change our world? Part One of my radio documentary, "Mind and Machine," airs this Wednesday evening …
Douglas Hofstadter and Emmanuel Sander believe we're hard-wired to make comparisons – but does our knack for drawing analogies form the basis of human thought? I review their new book, …
I'm very pleased to have received an Honourable Mention in the 2012 Canadian Science Writers' Association's annual Science in Society Journalism Awards competition. The article was called "The God Particle", …
Einstein called the flow of time “a stubbornly persistent illusion” – but physicist Lee Smolin says it’s very real, and needs to be explained. I review his latest book, Time …
I’m delighted to have been selected to participate in TEDxNovaScotia. My talk will explore the connections between science, art, and literature during the Renaissance, and will take place in my …
