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U of M parking fines set to increase this spring
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The University of Manitoba will be increasing its parking ticket rates beginning on May 1 in response to what parking services describes as a rash of violations over the last five years.
The proposal for...
Université de Saint-Boniface faculty and students push for campus child care...
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Students of the Université de Saint-Boniface (USB) – the only publicly funded post-secondary institution in Manitoba without on-campus day care – are hopeful the university’s administration will commit to establishing on-site care in the...
Chemicals released in near-death situations may lower our chances of surviving
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Recent studies have shed some new light on why almost dying feels like it does, but it’s not what you might think.
The study on the link between near-death experiences and cardiac arrest explains that...
Robosperm
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A major cause of male infertility is the production of sperm that are unable to complete the long, arduous journey to the egg. They’re not strong swimmers.
Enter the spermbot,an invention of German scientists from...
Lumosity pays $2 million amid claims of false advertising
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Lumos Labs, the company behind the brain-training program Lumosity, are expected to pay a US$2 million settlement after a complaint by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) alleging that their advertising claims were misleading.
Lumosity...
Emotional sensing capabailities of dogs
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Dogs can incur the wrath of their owners from time to time – they can do stupid things. But they are also likely to be the recipient of more affection than any other being...
Alternative auto energy
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At this year’s North American International Auto Show (NAIAS), Audi debuted the conceptual model of a new SUV, the Audi h-tron quattro, and Chevrolet officially unveiled their 2017 Chevrolet Bolt (after teasing the model...







