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Scientific Progress Goes Boink

And it happens again! The Guardian reports that a promising new meningitis vaccine just out of clinical trials could save thousands of lives in sub-Saharan ...

Getting around Montreal

So Sh. and I got back last week from a great 2½ weeks in Europe, although I left the next day for a five-day trip to Ontario for work. Fun times, took lots ...

Good news, bad news

First, the good news: Ontario is going to have a referendum in October on switching their voting system to mixed-member proportional representation! It’s ab...

What to read? Where to go?

So Sh. and I leave in six days and have essentially no plans for our trip other than eventually meeting up with her relatives in the Netherlands, and perhaps...