The science of LSD
In 1943, a Swiss chemist named Albert Hofmann experienced the world’s first acid trip. While the rest of Europe was gearing up for the Second…
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The fascinating compounds of plants
Members of the plant kingdom make hundreds of thousands of molecules called secondary metabolites. These compounds aren’t crucial for life, but are instead used for…
Space briefs
Made of the right stuff NASA closed its call for applications for astronaut candidates on Feb. 18, receiving an unprecedented 18,300 applications. The agency opened…
UMSU executive candidate under fire over Facebook comments
A candidate on the UMSU For You University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) executive slate has come under fire for comments posted on Facebook in 2012.
The people’s college
The St. Paul’s College bell tower has long been a fixture of the University of Manitoba’s skyline, but beneath the cross that hovers above the Catholic college is an institution that has experienced remarkable change over its 90-year existence.
Body-shaming incident at Active Living Centre raises ire of student body-builder
Catherine Peeler, a University of Manitoba business student and competitive body-builder, spends nearly three hours a day in the Active Living Centre (ALC) campus gym working on her physique – but she said she has been feeling more unwelcome after a body-shaming run-in with staff earlier this month.
Talking transportation
In the face of persistent transportation challenges in Winnipeg, South Winnipeg-St. Norbert Coun. Janice Lukes is listening as the city’s residents sound off through a series of public consultations this winter and into the spring.
Lecture sheds light on environmental impacts of oil pipelines in Canada
The University of Manitoba Critical Environments Research Group dug into an environmental history of pipelines in Canada with a guest lecture from York University professor Sean Kheraj Feb. 23.
Treating people like people
University of Manitoba PhD student Walter Chan first connected with the disability movement in 2002 while completing his master of social work.
Finding the ripples in space-time
On Feb. 11, researchers from the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO) announced in a press conference that they have observed gravitational waves. A corresponding…