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A decade of science in list form
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Ah the top-X-list. A succinct way to sum up a period of time, and neatly wrap up a decade that had nearly as many names — the “naughties,” “noughts,” “oughts,” — as it did...
Science opinions
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I am a child of the 1980s, and therefore lived in what is quite possibly the worst decade for cars in the history of that four-wheeled invention. The K-car still sends shudders down my...
City seeks to turn garbage gas into renewable energy source
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The City of Winnipeg is proposing a landfill gas and resource recovery project that could turn thousands of tonnes of harmful greenhouse gases into a renewable energy resource.
The city is currently asking for bidders...
U of M to house new agriculture food center
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On Dec. 14, a groundbreaking ceremony was held for the construction of a new interactive agricultural education facility at the University of Manitoba.
The Bruce D. Campbell Farm and Food Discovery Centre, which will be...
U of M elects new chancellor
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On Dec. 8, Harvey Secter, a retired dean of law, a businessman and a philanthropist, was elected as the new Chancellor of the University of Manitoba.
He will be succeeding the university’s 12th chancellor,...
Running prosthetics complicate sport status quo
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The collaboration between science and sport has brought athleticism into an entirely new realm. Sports that were once considered straight forward and solely based on human skill are now being complicated, questioned and reformed...
Drivers at the U of M produce roughly more than 20...
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With over 6,400 vehicles travelling to the U of M each day, thousands of kilograms of CO2 is being emitted into the atmosphere, adding to environmental problems.
In his book A New Green History of...