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Hardly a day goes by without another piece praising the potential for gene editing to help solve climate change. Nevertheless, the possible contributions of biology and biotechnology have been conspicuously underplayed in most of the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) analyses. This is, perhaps, at least partly because it is no small thing to carry an idea from inception to delivery; to bridge the valley of death and deliver a functional solution to a specific problem. Bu...

Imagine showers of little green sand grains drifting through the ocean: collecting on coral reefs, rolling off the backs of whales, sprinkling schools of tuna — and helping to save all those creatures, and humanity, too. At least that’s the idea. These green showers are crushed olivine, an abundant volcanic mineral, delivered by a fleet […]

For economic and social potential Thermodynamic Geoengineering is unsurpassed. And instead of having severe side effects, it has no showstoppers and there is no conceivable reason why anyone would want to stop producing all the energy 10 billion people ne

Some Calgarians gathered Monday to watch Canada's commemorative ceremony in honour of Her late Majesty at the Municipal Plaza. The city set up seating and aired the commemorative ceremony from Ottawa's Christchurch Cathedral — followed by the ceremony from the Alberta Legislature grounds.