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The Big Bang
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Cosmology has been shaken up by new theories on the origins of the universe which have recently received attention in the media. Did the universe begin with a big bang? With two? Or with...
There’s a storm brewing
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The smell of rain is earthy and distinct. Raindrops splatter against the ground and release earthy odourant molecules into the air, but the exact mechanism of this event hasn’t been elucidated until now.
Recent research...
Flying with Magellan
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Students participating in the Canadian Satellite Design Challenge flocked to Magellan Aerospace on Feb. 17 and 18 to attend a Preliminary Design Review (PDR).
Members from the University of Manitoba Space Applications and Technology Society...
The intelligence of crows
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Crows are extremely intelligent birds that are part of the corvid family, which also includes magpies and blue jays. Research done in collaboration between Moscow State University and the University of Iowa shows that...
An outbreak of misinformation
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We live in a world where we don’t have to worry about catching smallpox. Smallpox was eradicated in 1979 due to the efforts of vaccination. Its Wikipedia page begins with “Smallpox was an infectious...
State of NASA address
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On Feb. 2 Charles Bolden, the administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), gave the first State of NASA address. Following the same format of the State of the Union address delivered...
Solar sailing across the universe
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The Planetary Society, a non-profit organization which engages the public in space exploration, has announced test flights for the citizen-funded LightSail project will begin in May 2015.
LightSail will primarily consist of four deployable solar...
