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Vetting a scientist
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Deciding whom to listen to on any issue can be a difficult task. Add personal bias into the mix, and it can become downright impossible. This is especially true for issues such as global...
Strange bedfellows
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Human civilization is a towering monument to the power of our imagination. Our ability to visualize new things was an important adaptation that allowed our ancestors to track and wear down animals that were...
Anatomy of a theory
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Ever wonder what a theory — such as Darwin’s descent with modification — needs to go through in order to gain widespread acceptance in the scientific community? One step is to have your research...
What’s in an introduction?
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If Hollywood is to be believed, scientists are all dermatologically-challenged recluses, who speak their incomprehensible language in nasally tones, with the odd snorting laugh thrown in for good measure. Jim Hare of the biological...
More Canadians relying on food banks
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A food drive program at the University of Regina is asking students to donate what they can so that it can be given to other students in need.
The school’s students’ union organizes a food...
Delta Marsh Field Station to close for winter, staff ‘shocked’
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Staff of the University of Manitoba’s Delta Marsh Field Station (DMFS) is being laid off, as they were informed that the station would be closed by Nov. 30 and be reopened in May of...
Grad students question CFS tax plan
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MONTREAL (CUP) — Graduate students at several schools across the country are taking issue with a national student lobby group’s call to end tuition and education tax credits.
The call is part of the “Education...
