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CFS campaigns to end MSM deferral policy on blood donations
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The Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) is currently working to end the Canadian Blood Services’ lifetime ban on blood donations from men who have had sex with other men (MSM) at anytime since 1977....
Stadium plans to proceed
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The efforts of a handful of Fort Richmond and University Heights residents proved not enough to appeal the construction of the new Winnipeg Blue Bombers stadium.
“We were very disappointed with the decision that...
Zoological investigations
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Hello again readers of the Manitoban and welcome to late June. It is just about that time to start planning your doom — I mean future — for this fall and what better...
This just in, computers can read your mind
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Science fiction has often played with the concept of analyzing the brains of the recently dead for clues about the circumstances of their death.
The less fortunate among you may remember the less than...
Science opinions
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If you had almost two hours to kill last week—like I did—you may have sat down in front of your computer with a coffee and watched the full-length iPhone 4 keynote address.
Of...
Love + delusion
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“Humans will start falling in love with robots, probably in about 30 or 40 years.” –David Levy (2007)
On Nov. 22, 2009 guests were invited to a Tokyo wedding and, along with those who...
Science Briefs
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Solar storms pose risk to planet Earth, NASA warns
Richard Fisher, director of NASA’s heliophysics division, warns that wide spread blackouts and a loss of communication may occur if the earth is hit by a...
