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Seeing a patient. Photo © Seattle Municipal Archives
14 Column Inches Folio Victoria Times Colonist

Hollywood dramas influence real-world medical practice

By Monique Keiran 20 December 20155 December 2018

I recently asked Nature Boy when he had last seen a doctor. He answered, “Not since the final season of House M.D.” Other British Columbians share a similar rate of…

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14 Column Inches Keiran's World Science Scribe Victoria Times Colonist

We obsess over celebrities’ tribulations and ignore widespread horrors

By Monique Keiran 15 November 20155 December 2018

The killing of Cecil the Lion by big-game hunters in June outraged the world. Thirteen-year-old Cecil lived in Hwanga National Park, Zimbabwe, where he was a major attraction for wildlife…

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14 Column Inches Folio Keiran's World Victoria Times Colonist

Poppies stay in style year round

By Monique Keiran 11 November 20155 December 2018

I recently visited the Jimmy Choo and Christian Laboutin footwear displays in a much-trumpeted Lower Mainland department store. When a staff person approached me, I expected the usual “Can I…

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Time runs differently when you're vacationing in Paris. Sculpture at Gare St-Lazare, Paris. Photo © David McSpadden, via flickr and creative commons
Victoria Times Colonist

Subjective time moves at its own pace

By Monique Keiran 8 November 20155 December 2018

‘When I play Candy Land with my five-year-old, time creeps,” she says. “A game lasts only 10 minutes, but it feels like two hours to me.” My friend is describing…

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14 Column Inches Keiran's World Science Scribe Victoria Times Colonist

Pace of modern communications outstrips what the modern human brain evolved to deal with

By Monique Keiran 29 October 20155 December 2018

Social media have democratized publishing. Now, anybody can spontaneously share their thoughts, opinions, photos, witticisms and criticisms, as well as what they ate for breakfast, with the world. This accessibility…

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Dallas Road cliffs. Photo © Stewart Butterfield, via flickr and Creative Commons
14 Column Inches Hiking In the Field Science Scribe Vancouver Island Victoria Times Colonist

Erosion inevitable on park’s sea-side cliffs

By Monique Keiran 26 October 20155 December 2018

We live in a part of the world many other people envy us for. We have ocean, mountains, beach, forests, a pretty darn awesome year-round climate for a place just…

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14 Column Inches Science Scribe Vancouver Island Victoria Times Colonist

BC Ferries vessels join illustrious list of ships used to study B.C. waters

By Monique Keiran 25 October 20155 December 2018

The Queen of Oak Bay ferry joins a long, illustrious list of vessels used for marine research off our coast. The B.C. Ferries vessel was recently outfitted with scientific instruments…

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Zombies. Photo © Gianluca Ramalho Misiti, via flickr and Creative Commons; www.facebook.com.grmisiti
14 Column Inches Folio Science Scribe Victoria Times Colonist

Infectious disease plays starring role in pop culture

By Monique Keiran 19 October 20155 December 2018

Nature Boy lurches into the kitchen. Flu-ridden, his eyes are puffy and bloodshot, snot bubbles at his nostrils, and he breathes noisily through his mouth. “Can I get you something?”…

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