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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...
Why so blue?
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Certain species of tarantulas display brilliant shades of blue on their bodies, although the colour is not produced by pigmentation.
Researchers from Ohio’s University of Akron and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University...
Team of doctors complete first hand transplant in Canada
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A team of doctors in Toronto have successfully completed a full hand and forearm transplant, a first for Canada. The surgery, which took 18 surgeons about 14 hours, is expected to be a deciding factor...
Cao responds to UMSU sanctions
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The decision by the University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) to sanction the Science Students’ Association (SSA) was “extreme” and “excessive,” said SSA president Anthony Cao.
In an emergency motion in early December, UMSU voted...
U of M students engineer hands-on experience through city partnership
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A University of Manitoba civil engineering class is getting some real-world experience after the school entered into a joint partnership with the City of Winnipeg and several leading engineering companies with the aim of...







