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Facebook changes privacy settings . . .
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Last month Facebook.com prompted its 350 million users to update their privacy settings. Given the option to keep their old privacy settings or allow everyone to view their entire profile — the new default...
Dr. Know on the Lam
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Hello, is anyone there? Hoo, I have no way of telling if my words will ever reach you, since I can only broadcast, not receive. I have cobbled this transmitter from things I have...
A decade of science in list form
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Ah the top-X-list. A succinct way to sum up a period of time, and neatly wrap up a decade that had nearly as many names — the “naughties,” “noughts,” “oughts,” — as it did...
Science opinions
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I am a child of the 1980s, and therefore lived in what is quite possibly the worst decade for cars in the history of that four-wheeled invention. The K-car still sends shudders down my...
City seeks to turn garbage gas into renewable energy source
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The City of Winnipeg is proposing a landfill gas and resource recovery project that could turn thousands of tonnes of harmful greenhouse gases into a renewable energy resource.
The city is currently asking for bidders...
U of M to house new agriculture food center
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On Dec. 14, a groundbreaking ceremony was held for the construction of a new interactive agricultural education facility at the University of Manitoba.
The Bruce D. Campbell Farm and Food Discovery Centre, which will be...
U of M elects new chancellor
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On Dec. 8, Harvey Secter, a retired dean of law, a businessman and a philanthropist, was elected as the new Chancellor of the University of Manitoba.
He will be succeeding the university’s 12th chancellor,...
