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Music to a cat’s ears

Research shows that cats like music, they just have different taste than us humans. Cats are stereotyped as being apathetic about most things. Does your…


Officials call for tuition elimination

Cape Breton University (CBU) officials released an open letter last week demanding that the federal government and provinces develop a strategy to eliminate tuition fees…


5 Days for the Homeless

Six students will be sleeping outdoors from March 15-20 in front of University Centre as part of “5 Days for the Homeless,” a national campaign…


UMSU election leak examined

The chief returning officer of the University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) 2015 General Election assured the Manitoban last week that there were no irregularities…




Hot pepper pain relief

Recent research from Rutgers New Jersey Medical School has helped us understand how chili peppers alleviate pain. The research, published in Science Signalling, looked at…


The Turing brain

Researchers from Columbia University recently discovered that the brains of rhesus monkeys make decisions using the same algorithms as Alan Turing’s decoding machine utilized during…


Asymmetrical organocatalysis

Rebecca Davis is an assistant professor in the department of chemistry at the University of Manitoba. She completed her BSc in chemistry at Washington State…