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Chaos in computers?
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Good news everyone! The very powers of chaos have been harnessed in the newest iteration of computer chip technology! Scientists have developed logic components called “chaogates” that use the unpredictable and ever-changing universe to...
Less sodium and less sugar
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With an increased desire to be healthy, consumers and governments are putting the pressure on food companies to produce more nutritious snacks and beverages without compromising taste or quality — a challenge for science...
Anonymous vs. the world
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Sometimes when the planets align just right and enough information trickles down from the Internet to the real world, I find myself able to carry on conversations with people who actually go outside. Fortunately...
Help those in need
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Early efforts to help the homeless and the hungry have kicked into high gear once again as the Christmas season approaches. Those on the front lines of efforts to help those in need say...
International Briefs
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Low graduation rates at for-profit colleges: study
A report on graduation rates found that only 22 per cent of first-time, full-time students at for-profit colleges in the U.S. graduate within six years, according to...
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Two new Rhodes Scholars for the U of M
Two students at the University of Manitoba set to graduate this spring have won prestigious Rhodes Scholarships.
For Melissa Bailey and Jody Reimer, this scholarship means spending...
Dec. 6 sheds light on gender-based violence
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On Dec. 6, 1989, Marc Lepine walked into École Polytechnique de Montréal and murdered 14 students because they were female.
He separated the male and female students in a classroom, allowed the men to leave...
