Since the winter of 1900, amateur and experienced birdwatchers alike have participated in the annual Christmas Bird Count (CBC). Ornithologist Frank Chapman started this ambitious citizen science project by enlisting members of the public to...

At approximately 3:00 pm this afternoon an unidentified male collapsed just outside the food court in University Centre on the University of Manitoba’s Fort Garry Campus. Police and paramedics arrived shortly thereafter and spent around...

The imagery and messages of large activist groups like Greenpeace can be problematic. It’s easy to see why. Hume observed, and this is now a well-established phenomenon in social psychology and the social sciences, that...

Are organic produce and animal products more “nutritious” than conventional counterparts? In September of this year, a study entitled “Are Organic Foods Safer or Healthier Than Conventional Alternatives?” was released by a group of Stanford...

The myth of “pure evil” is a bad joke, resulting from and sustained by other unhelpful binaries: good and bad, right and wrong, normal and abnormal, and hot and cold. How bad? How wrong? How...

Corvids (birds of the crow family) have long been accepted to be among the most intelligent bird species. Crows have proven imaginatively playful, adept at problem solving, as well as being keen surveyors of their...

Many science-based, student-oriented campus community groups are eagerly awaiting a fresh inrush of new members! W.I.S.E. Kid-Netic Energy (Women in Science and Engineering) Where: Engineering Information and Technology Complex in room E1-263. They’re currently looking for...