Canadian Science

J50 and the Desperation for the Save

American and Canadian scientists are working feverishly, together, to save an orca. It is…

By Scott Douglas Jacobsen

“The new BMC journal Measurement Instruments for the Social Sciences is now open for submissions, and we continue our conversation with the Editor-in-Chief Beatrice Rammstedt and the Associate Editor Matthias…

In-Sight Publishing
People, Personas, and Politics 19 — Earnest Babies
 By Scott Douglas Jacobsen and Rick Rosner
April 7, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material]

Post-secondary not providing support for the next generation.
 According to Betakit, there was a study by The Conference Board of Canada through its Center for Skills and Post-Secondary Education. They found the Canadian technology industry continues to grow and post-secondary students…

By Scott Douglas Jacobsen

“Pulsars are the rotating remnants of massive stars, which sweep the cosmos with narrow beams of radiation as they spin. When an observer — in our case, Earth — is in line with these beams, we receive a…

The Guardian reported on the change of the sex of some mice.

The removal of some DNA strands cause some previously normal males to grow ovaries and female genitalia. This, some think, may provide some insight into the development of human sexual…

By Scott Douglas Jacobsen

“Scientists have shed new light on how crazy weather extremes can be caused by jet stream ‘traffic jams’ — high-altitude backlogs of air that apparently work a little like how cars slow down your peak hour…