The sky is falling
“The sky is falling! The sky is falling!” Chicken Little’s famous saying, in my opinion, is the message I receive every day when I watch…
November 2009
Time to act!
In Winnipeg’s downtown core the poor, sick and homeless are selling their prescription medications to pay for the necessities of life. A CBC investigation reports…
Energy consumption of tomorrow, today!
Humans respond to incentive. When fuel prices go up, more people park their cars and take the bus. If the cost of honey goes down,…
Ask a scientists gets complicated: Higgs boson edition
It was supposed to be easy, a few googles, maybe a peer reviewed paper or two, and I would be able to answer the “Ask…
Think your Mac is safe from hackers?
Walking in from the brisk autumn weather that blankets our campus and into your first lecture of the day, you are greeted with a glowing…
Dr. Know and the sixth dimension
I’m not sure why I continue to write these every week. I’m almost positive that I lost most of you after our diatribe went onto…
Wilson’s Words
Scientists love to introduce new terms. Often in the world of science, the occasion to christen something means that a new and exciting phenomenon or…
Shoot to kill!
The rainbow nation is looking to curb crime as the international community looks for safety during the World Cup next summer. South Africa’s President, Jacob…
Better know a prokaryote
It’s obscenely difficult to turn on a television set these days without seeing a woman in a yoga suit talking about the advantages of probiotics…
Letters to the Editor – Nov. 4, 2009
Ineffective Tuition Fee Campaigns The CFS, through ex UMSU President Jonny Sopotiuk, repeatedly makes calls for the province to make tuition free (as recently as…