Zoological investigations
Hello again readers of the Manitoban and welcome to late June. It is just about that time to start planning your doom — I mean…
Articles by editor
This just in, computers can read your mind
Science fiction has often played with the concept of analyzing the brains of the recently dead for clues about the circumstances of their death. The…
Science opinions
If you had almost two hours to kill last week—like I did—you may have sat down in front of your computer with a coffee and…
Love + delusion
“Humans will start falling in love with [and marrying] robots, probably in about 30 or 40 years.” –David Levy (2007) On Nov. 22, 2009 guests…
Science Briefs
Solar storms pose risk to planet Earth, NASA warns Richard Fisher, director of NASA’s heliophysics division, warns that wide spread blackouts and a loss of…
Letters to the Editor – June 23, 2010
Dear Samantha Lockhart, I am an international PhD student at the University of Manitoba. Recently I have had a chance to go through your article entitled…
The proper route to becoming a journalist
Some people say that in order to become a good journalist you need to go to journalism school. That journalism is an old-boys network where…
Wild Winnipeg
The snow is off the ground in Winnipeg and that can only mean one thing, mosquitos are terrorizing people everywhere — especially in my back…
Bullet holes and noise rock
Freud’s Bathhouse and Diner is demonstrably not a bathhouse, diner or in any way associated with anyone named Freud. Instead, it is a gallery run…
Summer festival, super fun!
Around August last year, I spent a day walking about the University of Manitoba campus asking idle students which summer events or activities they attended,…