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.
In an article for New Scientist, I report on Stephen Hawking’s inaugural talk at the Perimeter Institute in Waterloo, Ontario, as the famed scientist begins a six-week stint at the …
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.
