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Student leaders fight to end racism in Winnipeg
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Two UMSU councillors are speaking out against racism towards Aboriginal people in Winnipeg after a recent cover story in Maclean’s magazine labelled Winnipeg the most racist city in Canada.
Steven Hayes, inner-city campus students’ council...
Hundreds protest proposed University of Manitoba budget cuts
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Early last week, hundreds of people gathered in the Engineering Atrium to rally against the proposed University of Manitoba budget cuts.
Those in attendance included representatives from the University of Manitoba Students’ Union, the University...
Solar sailing across the universe
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The Planetary Society, a non-profit organization which engages the public in space exploration, has announced test flights for the citizen-funded LightSail project will begin in May 2015.
LightSail will primarily consist of four deployable solar...
Revitalizing cultured cells
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Researchers from Stanford University have developed a way to extend the life of human cells grown in culture. The technique is a quick and efficient way of increasing the number of times a cell...
Freaks of Nature: Spiders that chew off their genitals
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Male Herennia multipuncta, more commonly known as ornamental tree trunk spiders, have a grotesque post-mating habit. After mating, males will gnaw off one or both of their sperm-transferring organs called palps. This genital self-removal...
Eggsellent protein science
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Researchers at the University of California, Irvine and Flinders University in South Australia have discovered a method to unboil an egg by reverting the proteins back to their original state.
Gregory Weiss, a professor at...
Ethics of gene selection
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Recent developments in the field of genetics have made it possible to precisely edit DNA in mice, creating the need for a discussion of the ethical implications of the technology.
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