Saturday, October 31, 2015

How some animals avoid cancer

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I found an interesting article on the BBC World website about animals that don't get cancer (or that are at least prone to much less ca...
Friday, October 30, 2015

Don't push back too hard against the IARC's processed meats report

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The recent decision by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC, part of the World Health Organization) to add processed meats ...
Monday, October 26, 2015

"A Beautiful Truth" a poignant insight into chimp psychology

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I thoroughly enjoyed Toronto author Colin McAdam's latest (2013) novel "A Beautiful Truth" . It is a book about chimpanzees, w...
Tuesday, October 20, 2015

A Liberal majority - what does it mean for Canada?

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No doubt the new political landscape in Canada will be picked apart in excruciating detail over the ensuing days, but, for what it's wor...
Friday, October 16, 2015

Political polling in the Canadian election - use with care

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There was an interesting graph in yesterday's Globe and Mail, tracing support for the three main parties in the upcoming Canadian federa...
Sunday, October 11, 2015

Apparently anti-immigration policies are popular with immigrants

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It's interesting to see how the Tories' rather transparent anti-immigration ploy is playing out in the ongoing Canadian federal elec...
Friday, October 09, 2015

Ted Cruz's global warming diatribe based on a fallacy

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The right wing and climate denying sections of the popular press and the blogosphere have been positively salivating recently over a video ...
Tuesday, October 06, 2015

Trans-Pacific Partnership probably not a big deal for Canada

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The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal has been signed amid much hoopla, and, as Stephen Harper crows, "Canada will be in...