Greetings from Easter Island! In my latest posting for New Scientist’s “Culture Lab” blog, I talk about scoping out the island for the perfect spot to view and photograph tomorrow’s …
The first of my solar eclipse photos from Easter Island are now on-line, in the third installment of my blog series for New Scientist’s Culture Lab website. Read the full …
In my final posting about the July 11 solar eclipse for New Scientist’s Culture Lab blog, I display some of my 35 mm film results, and compare them to my …
I review Sam Kean’s book about the periodic table for the Globe & Mail. In “The Disappearing Spoon,” Kean tells the intriguing story of the chemical elements and the remarkable …
I discuss the science of time travel on William Shatner’s “Weird or What” TV series, in an episode that airs across Canada this week on History Television.
What happens in your brain when you listen to Beethoven? I review “Beethoven and Your Brain,” a special concert/lecture by Daniel Levitin and the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, for New Scientist’s “Culture …
What does it mean to be a Jewish atheist? In a documentary airing this Sunday (Nov. 7) on the CBC Radio program “Tapestry,” I explore the idea of maintaining a …
What can an anthropologist say about aliens? In an article in the new issue of The Walrus, I speak with York University anthropologist Kathryn Denning about the Search for Extraterrestrial …
