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Not your average burger

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Katy MacKinnon
Do you know where your meat comes from? Mark Post from Maastricht University in the Netherlands is adding “the laboratory” to an ever-growing list of meat sources in our society. The burger is not genetically...
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U of M professor links physical punishment of children to lasting...

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Katy MacKinnon
An association between the physical punishment of children and chronic health effects has been discovered in one of the first comprehensive studies of physical punishment in the absence of severe abuse. Tracie Afifi, assistant professor...
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U of M art students win monetary prizes

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Alycia Rodrigues
Erika Dueck and Hillary Smith, recent graduates of the University of Manitoba’s school of art program, won prizes from BMO Financial Group’s 2013 1st Art! Invitational Student Art Competition. A carefully selected committee of...
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The right to not be spied on

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Tom Ingram
In a world increasingly driven by the exchange of data over the Internet, the issue of online privacy is never far from the public eye. This is especially true recently, in the wake of...
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A day in the life: PCR redux

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Elizabeth Drewnik
Welcome back! This issue, we’ll be finishing up the PCR experiment. Last time, we left off with our extracted mouse DNA samples sitting in the fridge. Now, we’re going to thaw the samples out...
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Tasting numbers

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Jeremiah Yarmie
Imagine a world where you could see noises and taste words – a place where Thursday is stubborn and the number three is always found above your right shoulder. For four per cent of...
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Approaching prenatal education

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Sheldon Birnie
Lennon’s interest in nursing first came about after completing an arts undergrad from the University of Winnipeg.