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It has been projected that the University of Manitoba will undergo major renovations from now until 2013 in the hopes of benefiting efficiency, research and education, the Ground Zero Restoration will be a big...

Aboriginal communities in northern Manitoba have been given $743,000 for the construction of daycare facilities, said a government press release. According to information provided to the Manitoban by a government spokesperson, the government is aware...

It was supposed to be easy, a few googles, maybe a peer reviewed paper or two, and I would be able to answer the “Ask a Scientist” question “what is a Higgs boson?” Unfortunately...

Walking in from the brisk autumn weather that blankets our campus and into your first lecture of the day, you are greeted with a glowing ambience of laptops. With keys clacking and notes noted,...

I’m not sure why I continue to write these every week. I’m almost positive that I lost most of you after our diatribe went onto the fourth dimension. Heck, some of you pea-brained ignoramuses...

Scientists love to introduce new terms. Often in the world of science, the occasion to christen something means that a new and exciting phenomenon or organism has been discovered and naturally needs to be...

It’s obscenely difficult to turn on a television set these days without seeing a woman in a yoga suit talking about the advantages of probiotics in her yogurt. And while all sorts of lofty...