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Reopening the final frontier: Private space companies shoot for the Moon...
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Last month saw the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 17 mission. December 7, 1972, was the last time a crewed lunar mission was launched. Since Eugene Cernan climbed back into the Challenger lunar module...
TMI: Too much information?
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Between the birth of the world and 2003, there were five exabytes of information created. We create five exabytes every two days. See why it’s so painful to operate in information markets?
–Google CEO...
Science opinion: NRA prevents researchers from studying gun violence
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The horror of the Sandy Hook school shooting shook the United States, and has initiated a fierce debate on gun control south of the border. Politicians and lawmakers have the difficult job of rising...
SERF in motion: International sea-ice experiment launched on U of M...
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January 10th marked the beginning of a three-week-long experiment at the Sea-ice Environmental Research Facility (SERF) on the University of Manitoba’s Fort Garry campus.
The project is an international collaboration between U of M researchers...
Private college on U of M campus criticized by former students,...
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A privately-run college located on the University of Manitoba campus, the International College of Manitoba (ICM), has recently drawn anger from former students and the University of Manitoba Faculty Association (UMFA) for its recruiting...
Winnipeg holiday check-stop pulls over 4,069 vehicles
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The holiday check-stop program, run by the Winnipeg Police Service Central Traffic Unit, released their final numbers for the month of December, 2012. They stopped over 4,069 vehicles, which resulted in 16 24-hour suspensions...
Documents show FBI surveillance of Occupy Wall Street movement
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In a recent release of restricted FBI files under the Freedom of Information Act, documents show that the FBI has had the Occupy Wall Street movement under close surveillance.
The documents were released late December...




