Ultimate fighting in the streets
In the past three years, groups where young men consensually fight each other have emerged in various parts of North America. Some find joyful rewards…
2009
Herd the news about Bison hockey?
The 2009-10 regular season is shaping up to be an interesting affair for both the men’s and women’s Bison hockey teams. With the men’s team…
Wesmen defeated at Duckworth Challenge
The cross-town rivalry between the University of Winnipeg Wesmen and the University of Manitoba Bisons flared last week at the 19th annual Duckworth Challenge. The…
Human versus machine
In the boardrooms, laboratories and command centres of space agencies around the world a war is coming — a war, which will pit burley astronauts,…
Out of the minds of babes
Developmental psychologists are fond of telling us that we can, contrary to popular opinion, read each other’s minds. The initial excitement of this prospect quickly…
Dr. Know
Cordial greetings once more, thou hairless arthropoid. Things are really rolling now, so I’ll need to try my very best not to overwhelm your itsy-bitsy…
Ask a scientist
What causes brain freeze? Since, according to the British Medical Journal (BMJ), it is the most common cause of headache, odds are most of you…
Zoological investigations IV
The golden bamboo lemur, Hapalemur aureus was not formally discovered until the ripe old year of 1987 on that beautiful and mysterious island located off…
U of M scores low on ‘green’ report card, accuracy of score debated
The University of Saskatchewan and the University of Manitoba have scored a C- and C+ respectively on the College Sustainability Report Card. Out of all…
Lazy days and the indifferent gaze
The leaves rust and the sky turns white like clay. With heavy resignation, we consign our Chip & Pepper wetwear and cut-offs to the furthest…