science

Rivers and lakes have long been important for Manitoba. They are a source of food, they generate our electricity, and at one time they were important transportation routes. They are also centres of leisure....

On Nov. 27, world-renowned limnologist David Schindler delivered a compelling speech at the University of Manitoba entitled “Contributions of the Experimental Lakes Area to solving cultural eutrophication in Canada’s freshwater lakes.” Later that...

Astronomers have been doing brisk business over the last few weeks. Recently there have been a number of important discoveries about the nature of our universe. Here’s a roundup of three of them. Researchers led...

An article produced by the journal Nature recently took a look at a variety of rodent poisons that ecotoxicologists are increasingly finding present in “non-target” wildlife species. Recent research has brought to light just how...

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...

Everyone experiences feelings of intense loneliness. However, there is a difference between feeling lonely and being lonely. In a recent study published in Current Biology, Rhyota Kanai et al. define loneliness as a “distressing...

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...