Technology, Science:  April Holladay  WonderQuest

  • Space colonization — populating a planet

    Sep 14, 2009 ... How many and what ratio of men and women will be required to create a healthy human population on another planet?

    Her column, WonderQuest, appears every second Monday of the month on globetechnology.com. To read April's past columns, please visit her ...

    http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/space-colonization-populating-a-planet/article1284393/

  • Can hot water freeze faster than cold?

    Technology

    It can happen. But scientists have yet to figure out exactly why…

  • On-line 13/05/09 04:44 PM

    Why baby animals are almost as appealing as baby humans

    On-line 13/04/09 02:11 PM

    The cold, hard truth of life at -273 degrees

    On-line 09/03/09 09:00 AM

    You're more likely to just get wet

    On-line 12/01/09 01:21 PM

    Why doesn't an ant die when she hits the ground?

    On-line 08/12/08 11:23 AM

    Does cosmic expansion move everything apart, even parts of our body?

    Can lizards breathe while running?

    On-line November 10, 2008 11:03 AM EST

    Can lizards breathe while running?

    On-line 13/10/08 06:00 AM

    Why do our fingertips get all wrinkly after we've been in the water for a long time?

    On-line 08/09/08 12:06 AM

    Cloning may have been possible with Dolly the Sheep, but odds are against being able to bring back dinosaurs


    On-line 11/08/08 10:37 AM

    Some people claim that their domestic cats have black whiskers. Can that be?

     

    On-line 14/07/08 11:39 AM

    What is the fastest-moving thing in the universe other than light or other types of electromagnetic radiation?

    On-line 09/06/08 10:43 AM

    If a human yawns in front of a monkey, will the monkey yawn?

    On-line 13/05/08 12:15 PM

    How does lightning kill? How does it injure people?

    On-line 14/04/08 12:21 PM

    I read that a Swedish scientist may have discovered the 'evil' gene that causes man to kill. Is it nonsense?

     

    On-line 10/03/08 02:12 PM

    Why do hurricanes in the Northern Hemisphere spin counterclockwise?

     

    On-line 11/02/08 11:52 AM Lock

    How come big birds don't take a whack at little birds harassing them?

    On-line 22/01/08 02:41 PM Lock

    Is daydreaming the mechanism by which the brain processes learn material while awake?

    Much ado about something

    A perfect vacuum — a volume of completely empty space — doesn't exist, because there can never be nothing

    December 10, 2007 at 10:15 AM EST

    On-line 12/11/07 03:38 PM

    Fish will survive a tumble over Niagara Falls (even without the barrel) but can they make it down 6th highest Yosemite?

    On-line 15/10/07 02:16 PM Lock

    Does lightning strike indoor pools? Has anyone ever been hurt or killed?

    On-line 18/09/07 09:33 AM

    Ute the Utahraptor's qualifying times were not impressive ... but he did get dinner

    On-line 27/08/07 10:36 AM Lock

    But do astronauts ever really see bugs in space?

    On-line 17/07/07 08:56 AM

    Some scorpions don't drink at all, while others just sip fog dew

    On-line 25/06/07 09:12 AM

    Weasels dance for food; Old glass defies cutting

    On-line 14/05/07 10:14 AM

    Why do some candles burn quickly?

    On-line 09/04/07 11:39 AM

    Do you have any cells in your body that were present when you were born? Science writer APRIL HOLLADAY has the answers

    On-line 12/03/07 07:56 AM

    Can you order a Petri dish dog over the Internet? And do cows blink? Science writer APRIL HOLLADAY has the answers