U of M team working to help reduce preventable chronic diseases in Manitoba
What else could healthcare providers and educators be doing to decrease preventable chronic illnesses and improve the health of Manitoban patients?
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Holding Power to Account
Exactly 40 years ago this month, two journalists at the Washington Post published a book about the Watergate break-in called All the President’s Men. The…
Grad school fee hike faux pas
The University of Manitoba is backing down from a plan proposed to raise continuing fees for graduate students.
Precipitation runoff research
With a bachelor’s degree in physical geography from the University of Winnipeg, Petzold had a chance to study different aspects of Earth science. Her interest in hydrology, however, was unavoidable.
Precipitation runoff research
Killiam Prize awarded to distinguished U of M professor
Last month U of M distinguished professor Dr. Frank Plummer was named a recipient of the Killiam Prize in Health Sciences, one of the highest honours in Canada.
The Singularity
Imagine that a team of scientists has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) with capabilities unfathomably far beyond the human mind. As soon as this AI…
One short sleep past, we wake eternally
One of the more interesting areas of scientific study today is known as cryopreservation, or cryonics. This field of scientific research involves using technological means…
The Singularity: good or bad?
When science fiction writers and futurists talk about “the singularity,” they’re referring to the technological singularity. This is a hypothetical future moment at which the machines…
A future without aging complications or disease
Imagine a future with no consequences from aging, no disease, and no unnecessary suffering from the side effects of medical treatments. Now imagine all of…