Yakking with Yantz
With the regular season looming, and anticipation at its peak, the University of Manitoba Bisons football team entered August all but waiting to get back…
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Big horn breakdown
A good year for Bison pride Varsity sports teams represent a huge part of any university’s culture. Our teams are a point of pride and…
Going the distance
Carter Wilson has travelled a long way to get where he is today. Originally born in Peguis First Nation, he lived most of his adolescent…
Road to the Vanier
The 2013-14 football season was a year of promise for the University of Manitoba Bisons. A 5-3 finish, their best record since winning the Vanier…
The blue green elephant
When using the word “nutrient,” we tend to speak positively. After all, were nutrients not in those pills forced on us every morning by our…
The water people
Have you ever sat down and thought about how much water you use in a day? If you live a conventional life, you probably shower,…
Engineering institutional bonds
Water is arguably the world’s most valuable resource. With threats of drought caused by climate change and the influx of industrial pollution, it is paramount…
You Reap What You Sow
Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are among the most hotly debated issues in science currently. On Wednesday, the Clayton H. Riddell Faculty seminar series presented “Genetic…
The Singularity
Imagine that a team of scientists has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) with capabilities unfathomably far beyond the human mind. As soon as this AI…
One short sleep past, we wake eternally
One of the more interesting areas of scientific study today is known as cryopreservation, or cryonics. This field of scientific research involves using technological means…