Bev Schellenberg Statistics on car thefts barely blipped on my radar screen until I became a statistic myself. Sure, it was mildly disquieting to discover that since 1996, Canada has held the unenviable title of “car-theft capital of North America”. Or that, according to Statistics Canada, every three minutes another car is stolen, and a […]
In pursuit of Xcellence
The Ansari X Prize for the first reusable private space craft capable of doing two missions in two weeks got a lot of media coverage, and was successfully won, back in 2004. But did you know that there are other X Prizes still on offer? For example, if you can sequence 100 genomes in 10 […]
How I became a Bad Ass Trucker (and why I might stop)
Bev Schellenberg My daughter spotted a sign on a big pickup as we drove home the other day. “Bad Ass Truck” it read. “Look, Mom,” she said. “That truck says Bad — [she paused, not wanting to use a naughty word] — you know, like ‘donkey’ — Truck.” The sign was right, though; it was […]
