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January 5, 2015 We’re officially midway through sea turtle nesting season and are currently recording up to 15 activities per day here at Gnaraloo Bay Rookery, a sea turtle conservation program in Western Australia. This...

Prions are normal body proteins found in the brain of many animals, including humans. It is believed that prion proteins play a role in brain cell communication. Infectious prions are, lightly put, renegade zombie-proteins. They...

December 2, 2014 It’s been nearly six weeks since my arrival in Western Australia (WA) and I can’t seem to decide if time is flying by or dragging on. It was a slow start, but...

The year 2014 saw many exciting space missions come to fruition; the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Rosetta mission saw its first rover land on a comet, and the Indian Space Research Organisation’s Mars Orbiter...

The University of Manitoba Students’ Union is refusing to hand over roughly $640,000 in student fees owed to the Canadian Federation of Students. The fees include: $197,000 owed to the CFS for the 2013-14 academic...

The University of Manitoba has been named one of Manitoba’s Top 25 Employers for the third year in a row, prompting mixed reactions from unions representing U of M employees. The ninth annual edition of...

After undergoing extensive renovations for the first half of the academic year, Campo, the new campus food court in University Centre at the University of Manitoba, briefly reopened its doors to the public. Construction of...