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Rocket size competition

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Chantelle Dubois
A decade ago, it would have been hard to believe that two eccentric billionaires would be making passive-aggressive remarks via social media on each other’s rocket capabilities. However, near the end of 2015, both Elon...
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Ocean-cleaning barrier set to launch

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Malak Abas
The world’s first ocean-cleaning system to collect plastic pollution is expected to launch in 2016. The system was conceptualized by 21-year-old Boyan Slat, Dutch inventor and CEO of The Ocean Cleanup, a nonprofit organization devoted...
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Genetic modification is now

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Jeremiah Yarmie
Early in 2015, the Manitoban’s science and technology editor Chantelle Dubois wrote a piece on the future of creating designer babies – children born with desirable traits selected by their parents. This possibility is...
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Talking the talk

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Lauren Siddall
Irina Volchok is a University of Manitoba graduate student studying linguistics.
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Science in 2016

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Chantelle Dubois
We have now entered the year 2016. While hoverboards are still not ubiquitous (real hoverboards, that is) and we’re not quite sporting the fashion predicted to be haute couture in the movie Back to...
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International tuition still a sore point

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Dana Hatherly
The University of Manitoba is looking to uphold their promise of funnelling a significant portion of the extra money generated from international student fee hikes into academic and university community supports for international students.
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Manitoba school boards need leadership, says professor

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Ethan Cabel
As Manitoba prepares for a heated provincial election, one professor is bringing her expertise in conflict mitigation to an important policy debate – the education of children and young people throughout the province.