Extroverts adapt faster to cold, researcher says Rintamaki, a researcher at the University of Oulu in Finland who studies the effects of cold on human performance, says personality has an

Now you really can give someone a Common Cold, should the urge strike. Giant microbes:

Still Life with Teddy Originally uploaded by morecoffeeplease. I just like this one for some random reason.

Columbine Originally uploaded by morecoffeeplease. I love this plant — so pretty.

From the National Geographic (worth clicking through, the photo is priceless): You can lead an elephant to a treadmill, but you can’t make her walk. That’s the lesson zookeepers are

Even though they probably don’t know the meaning of “defecation” in Dundee, preferring a more Anglo-Saxon term pronounced in the Scottish way to rhyme with “bright”, the leaflet has been

Tulips! Originally uploaded by morecoffeeplease. No sign of the black ones yet, but we have a lovely array of white & red tulips. Apparently we DID plant them too deep

Interesting meme, although mine is kind of sad-looking (though I like the tiny red French Polynesia dots in the middle of the Pacific): create your own visited countries map

A cheery BBC story for this cold Monday morning: Europe’s “Little Ice Age” may have been triggered by the 14th Century Black Death plague, according to a new study. Pollen

I’m in denial about Tony Clement being the new Minister of Health LALALAICAN’THEARYOU so here is a nice distracting picture of George Clooney. In other news, I have the worst

Vote vote vote vote vote. Need help? See Elections Canada.

…by losing her cool at our all-candidates’ meeting last week after being asked pointed questions about copyright and various conflicts of interest between her government role and her campaign donors.

Well, good thing I have a zoology degree then…. You scored as Biology. You should be a Biology major! You are passionate about the sciences, and you enjoy studying cell

Clive Thompson blogs that someone’s worked out “a formula describing the precise interaction of booze, lighting, and distance that produces this dread syndrome”.

Heady stuff: Manitoba researchers study why beer foams

…Government of Canada Division. After scanning this week’s Government news releases, I hereby inflict the Boring Headline award on National Defense for the following two headlines: National Defence: Soldiers Must

Professional Reading Shelf ————————– Libraries–Marketing Source: Canadian Library Association Boutique FUNdraising Calendar from Lakedell Public Library (Pigeon Lake, Alberta) “The ‘Look. Men read. See men read.’ calendar is one of

I’m glad this guy got US$102.50 on eBay for his pants, in the end. I’ll reproduce his text here in case eBay tires of the excessive number of hits on

Stolen from Melle, who in turn stole it from Michelle, who may have stolen it from Dana. Instructions: type “[your name] needs” into Google and paste a list of sentences