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Return of the Saugeen Stripper
Degrading for who? The Saugeen Stripper Scandal happened at an unfortunate time. School had just ended for Christmas. The university newspaper never got a chance to write about it, and the gossip never got a chance to reach its full potential. However, I’ve noticed that the majority of the people finding my little web site…
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Real Live Cyborgs
Related to yesterday’s post about warp drives, I came across this story about people who implant chips in their hands in order to control electronic stuff. In other words, cyborgs. Unlike yesterday’s post though, this future-like technology is actually less futurey than it seems. People have already done it, and anybody can do it themselves,…
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Intergalactic, Planetary, Planetary, Intergalactic
Check out this story at New Scientist about faster than light space travel. It describes how, in theory, a “warp drive” could be created which would allow a ship to travel to distance planets quickly, and even to distant stars. On one hand, it’s very exciting. We could finally send people to Mars, and then…

I’m Phronk, also known as P.T. Phronk, or Mike. I’m a writer and scientist. Here’s where to find my stuff:
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