I examine the life and science of English astronomer Thomas Harriot – sometimes called “England’s Galileo” – in the new (April 2010) issue of Astronomy magazine. The article, titled “Who …
I review Anil Ananthaswamy’s book, “The Edge of Physics,” for New Scientist magazine, and for their “Culture Lab” website. Ananthaswamy travelled to some of the most remote regions on earth …
I review the new IMAX movie, “Hubble 3D,” for New Scientist’s “Culture Lab” website. The movie features several “voyages” through the Milky Way and beyond, as well as stunning footage …
I profile Glendon Mellow for New Scientist’s “Culture Lab” website. The Toronto artist has been deeply influenced by Darwin, evolution, and… trilobites!
I’ll be participating in a panel discussion on the scientific and cultural understanding of time, as part of the “Ad Hoc Vox” series, in New York on April 15. The …
I’m very pleased to once again be participating in Ad Astra, Toronto’s annual science fiction convention. I’ll be giving a talk on “time” on April 10, and will also be …
I was recently featured in two videos as part of TVO’s literacy outreach program. In the first video, called "Time and Space," I explain how looking at the stars is …
Recently I’ve been blogging for the University of Toronto Magazine. My most recent blog post is an update from the Large Hadron Collider, now up and running near Geneva, Switzerland.
I review Paul Davies’ latest book, The Eerie Silence, for the Globe & Mail. Davies gives a comprehensive account of the “SETI” program, weighing the evidence for – and against …
In an interview for New Scientist’s Culture Lab website, I speak with “forensic astronomer” Donald Olson about Walt Whitman, Frederic Church, and the solution to a 150-year-old literary mystery.
