When I was a child I was told the saying "Pink sky at night, sailors delight; Pink sky in morning, sailors warning". This means that if there is pink sky at night there will be good weather tomorrow. Continue Reading
Archives for February 2019
Cookie in the Sky
Photo: Moon in the Sky — via Hdwallpapers As a young child full of imagination, I believed the moon was a giant chocolate chip cookie floating in the night sky (despite the moon's gray Continue Reading
The Sixth Sense
Most humans and animals have five senses. The five senses consist of smell, touch, taste, sight, hearing. Unbeknownst to many, there are a few animals in the world who have more than the five senses. Continue Reading
Metal in the Microwave: a Recipe for Disaster
Microwave oven (c) CC BY-SA 4.0 While eagerly anticipating my red-hot chicken wings to finish reheating, I heard a distinctive popping noise coming from my kitchen. As I ran back into the kitchen, Continue Reading
Nikola Tesla: Eccentric Inventor or Celibate Bachelor?
Nikola Tesla, Public Domain (PD-OLD) Nikola Tesla. Inventor? Engineer? Dashing public figure? All valid in their own respects, but he was also a bachelor to the bitter end. Although Tesla Continue Reading
2018 Annual Kwantlen Science Challenge
Science challenge team (left to right) Jenny Mei, Kent Kotaka, Flora Guo, Andy Kim, Jessy Zhu, Mozi Lu, Navnoor Sodhi, Mr. Halabi, via Mr. Lu On November 24th, seven seniors students represented Continue Reading
The Flat Earth
When I was little, I used to think the Earth was flat. I truly believed that if you kept walking in a straight line, you would eventually fall of the edge of the world. This may seem ridiculous now, Continue Reading
A Biography of Gertrude Elion
Elion in lab Mdf,CC BY-SA 3. Gertrude Elion was a biochemist who was integral to the inventions of several major drugs. She, along with G. Hitchings and Sir J. Black, received the Nobel Continue Reading
How Long is a Year?
The answer to this question may seem obvious, right? 365 days. Everyone knows that. However, nature is often not so simple. Think about it; what are the odds that the day (which is made up of 24 hours Continue Reading
Charles Darwin – The Reverse Finkbeiner Test
It's not always easy to write a short biography that follows the all the guidelines of the Finkbeiner test. It's the same with even the Reverse Finkbeiner test. However, that's exactly what I'm going Continue Reading