The dolphin to English translator has arrived!

Just like Alexander Graham Bell saying “Mr. Watson–come here–I want to see you,” a dolphin has said “sargassum” (a type of seaweed) in a way that humans can understand. According to New Scientist: “I was like whoa! We have a match. I was stunned,” says Herzing, who is the director of the Wild Dolphin Project.…

Harper Government still doesn’t understand the internet

At almost the moment that individual citizens, outside science and the military, began using the internet governments have tried to control and regulate it. The problem, in almost every case, is that they understand neither the culture of the internet or the technology involved. In some parts of the world, as time has passed and…

Helix Gets a Season 2

Tonight is the season finale of Helix, but the good news is that there is more to come. They waited until the last minute to make an announcement but according to Deadline “Ahead of tonight’s Season 1 finale, announced it has picked up a 13-episode second season of scripted drama Helix, from Sony TV. Production…

Sons of Anarchy alum to head new Walking Dead spin off

According to io9, former Walking Dead writer and producer Dave Erickson has been named as the show runner for the planned Walking Dead companion series. Personally I’m incredibly optimistic about the move. I have to contain myself a bit because I don’t know the plot or characters and there are still plenty of ways this…

May 8 Fundraiser for Toronto Group that Helps Young People with Mental Health Issues

My friend Lillian Chyna has been working for years now to get Young Ones up and running. So far she is doing amazing work and on May the 8th there is a fundraiser in the ballroom of the Palais Royale to keep things going. Young Ones (Youngones.ca) helps to fill a glaring hole in the Canadian…

Suggested Reading: “It Seems More and More Certain That We Live in a Multiverse”

This is actually a bit of a trick because I’m actually suggesting that you read two articles, one of which quotes the other. The first, from Annalee Newitz, at io9 “It Seems More and More Certain That We Live in a Multiverse” and the second by Sean Carroll at the New York Times “When Nature…

Video: 10 Awesome Facts About Nanotechnology

Nanotechn is one of my favorite techs. If you have no idea what it is, think of it as tiny little robots – really, really tiny robots – smaller than a blood cell. What do the robots do? Whatever they are designed to do. Some of the current and potential applications of Nanotechnology include Google…

Video explains evolution and why there was no ‘first human’

Biologist Joe Hanson of PBS Digital Studios It’s Okay To Be Smart explains why, when you look at evolution there really was no ‘first human’. In the simplest possible terms it is the idea that an ape didn’t just go into labor and give birth to a modern human. Evolution simply doesn’t go that quickly and most…