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In the late 1950s and early 1960s, it was a no-holds-barred race between the USSR and the United States in an effort to be the first to explore beyond the boundaries of our own...

Benoît B. Mandelbrot, the French-American mathematician, described as the founding father of fractal geometry, lost his battle to pancreatic cancer on Oct. 16. In the mid 1970s, Mandelbrot coined the term “fractal,” derived from...

The woolly flying squirrel, Eupetaurus cinereus, is the largest known squirrel alive today. This massive sciurid, as the scientific family containing squirrels is known, measures around 53 centimetres (just under two feet) in length,...

Another municipal election is here. Yet, besides an occasional lawn sign or article tucked somewhere in the newspaper, it would not be difficult to forget that an election was even happening. Apathy, it seems,...

It has been said, “No good deed goes unpunished.” I’ve recently seen the wisdom in those words firsthand. The incident in question occurred last week. I was working for a dollar store chain on Pembina...

Soon after starting The Plan, I realized how tiresome it would become and how complicated it was to answer the question, “So, what do you do for a living?” As a shorthand response, I've...

The terrible plight of 33 Chilean miners gripped the attention of people around the world. It has been estimated that over 1 billion people were watching the rescue effort, an audience rivalling, perhaps even...