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This just in, computers can read your mind
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Science fiction has often played with the concept of analyzing the brains of the recently dead for clues about the circumstances of their death.
The less fortunate among you may remember the less than...
Science opinions
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If you had almost two hours to kill last week—like I did—you may have sat down in front of your computer with a coffee and watched the full-length iPhone 4 keynote address.
Of...
Love + delusion
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“Humans will start falling in love with robots, probably in about 30 or 40 years.” –David Levy (2007)
On Nov. 22, 2009 guests were invited to a Tokyo wedding and, along with those who...
Science Briefs
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Solar storms pose risk to planet Earth, NASA warns
Richard Fisher, director of NASA’s heliophysics division, warns that wide spread blackouts and a loss of communication may occur if the earth is hit by a...
Local News Briefs
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Governor General in attendance at last day of Truth and Reconciliation commission
On the fourth and final day of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission event in Winnipeg, Governor General Michaëlle Jean urged Canadians to confront...
International briefs
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Waterloo suspends football program for one year
Following the biggest steroid investigation in Canadian university history, the University of Waterloo has put its football team on hiatus for one year as reported by Macleans OnCampus....
Residents petition to keep new stadium away from neighbourhood
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A group of concerned Fort Richmond residents have begun a campaign to keep the new Winnipeg Blue Bombers stadium away from their neighbourhood.
The residents, who live just south of the University of Manitoba...
