by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Apr 19, 2012 | Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Science, Technology
Found this interesting video on YouTube. If you like science, space and our possible future, please enjoy! Pandora is the idyllic blue world featured in the movie Avatar. Its location is a real place: Alpha Centauri, the nearest star to our Sun and the most likely...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Sep 21, 2011 | Canada, Election, GTA History, GTA Issues, GTA News, Oshawa, Politics, Sci-Fi, Science, Technology, Toronto, USA
TORONTO – Second World War pilot Philip Gray says it is “immoral” that Downsview Park is evicting the Canadian Air and Space Museum. “This is a terrible way to repay young 21-year-old boys who went to war and never turned 22. I am disgusted that their heritage...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | May 12, 2011 | Movies, Sci-Fi, Science
I have been patiently anticipating the release of Super 8. I still have absolutely no idea what the movie is actually about. Is it science fiction, fantasy, a thriller, an action or a horror flick? It’s hard to really know. What really gets me high hopes are...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Oct 27, 2008 | Canada, Climate Change, Environmental Issues, health, News, Politics, Quebec, Science, World
Asbestos is a mineral with long, thin fibrous crystals. The word asbestos (῾ἀσβεστος) is derived from a Greek adjective meaning inextinguishable. The Greeks termed asbestos the miracle mineral because of its soft and pliant properties, as well as its ability to...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Oct 19, 2008 | Climate Change, Environmental Issues, Hardware, Sci-Fi, Science, Technology
By Chris Laker Last updated at 4:43 PM on 15th October 2008 The era of the traditional newspaper could soon be over as scientists launch production of a revolutionary electronic version – made out of plastic. The e-reader is the brainchild of students at...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Oct 9, 2008 | Alberta, Canada, Climate Change, Environmental Issues, News, Oil, Science
The development of a pipeline network and refineries around the Great Lakes to process Alberta bitumen “could cause irreversible” environmental damage to the region, says a new report that traces the tendrils of Alberta’s oilsands developments...