Author: Stu Shepherd

  In the fall of 1977, the unmanned probes Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 were launched from Cape Canaveral, aimed out and beyond the edge of the solar system. The twin spaceships carried copies of the Voyager Golden Record: a gold-plated copper phonograph record and stylus. These records contain a comprehensive snapshot of our entire […]

When a nuclear fuel rod has been exhausted, it’s sent to chill out in a pool for a few years. It’s still horrifically radioactive, and it needs to cool down before we stuff it into a giant concrete cask to be stored for the rest of conceivable existence. This is what nightmares are made of: […]

I consider myself an Adonis-/Chris Traeger-type because I don’t need to go end up going to the doctor very often. I buff my immune system by exercising, meditating and occasionally eating things off of the floor. However, many people DO go to the doctor, and 4/5 of Canadians will end up on antibiotics at some point in 2013. Doctors […]

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These doctors and I suspect that you may not be taking your guts seriously. Guys, our guts are very important. Within your body lies an oxygen-less (an-oxic), alien world that contains ten times more citizens than you have cells in your body. These bacteria, yeasts, and fungi control the breakdown and processing of ALL of your food, an […]