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Tapash Chakraborty is a Tier-I Canada research chair in nanoscale physics, and a physics and astronomy professor at the University of Manitoba. His students are doing research into fractal butterflies – a mathematical phenomenon...

Isaac Newton’s fundamental work on motion and gravity may have been challenged by Einstein’s theories in the early 20th century; but the ideas and mathematical foundations laid out in Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica,more commonly...

Oral contraceptive pills were first produced in the United States in the 60s, revolutionizing sexual health for women all over the world. Millions of women around the world use hormonal methods of contraception, but...

Do you want to be a physician? Chances are the thought has crossed your mind at one point in your life. The University of Manitoba Science Students’ Association (SSA) is endeavouring to shed light on...

Students backed with strong popular support have been leading major mobilizations in Mexico with the most recent uprisings fuelled by government corruption and endemic violence following the disappearance of 43 students. On Sept. 26, students...

The University of Manitoba Students’ Union (UMSU) hosted its semi-annual general meeting at the university’s Bannatyne campus last week. The event took place Nov. 17 over lunch at the Neil John Maclean Health Sciences Library. The...

Peter Bjornson, the newly appointed minister of education and advanced learning, has formally begun to take on the responsibilities of his new position. Bjornson landed in his new position following a difficult month for...