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Sentinel-2A ready for launch Sentinel-2A, an Earth observation satellite, is currently undergoing a last round of tests before being shipped to French Guiana for launch. The launch has been planned for June 12, and is...

“Pot is safer than alcohol,” echoes a stoner attempting to catch the ears of politicians who aren’t listening.  Many people, especially those who use marijuana recreationally, believe that weed is safer than other drugs, like...

Recently, parliament’s upper house in the United Kingdom passed a law which allows for the mitochondrial DNA of a donor to be used as therapy for mitochondrial diseases. As early as 2016 some babies...

Researchers have developed an antibody-like molecule which may help in the fight against the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The molecule, named eCD4-Ig, was designed to target parts of HIV that do not change very often....

University of Manitoba students will be voting using paper ballots again during this week’s University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) General Election after the union rejected the kind of online voting system that other...

The University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) held the grand opening for UMSUshi last week, a new take-out restaurant run by the students’ union on the third floor of University Centre. The sushi restaurant is...

The dean of the faculty of architecture at the University of Manitoba announced late last week that he will not be seeking reappointment when his term ends this year. The news comes after a...