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Girls!? In Science?!

If anyone needs evidence of the underrepresentation of women in science-based fields, they should wander into a comp-sci class and have a seat near the…



No Day of Action

Long before students at the U of M joined the Canadian Federation of Students in 2006, they were active participants in the CFS Day of…



Google punches, Bing fights back

What do Google and a bunch of Internet fraudsters have in common? According to Yusuf Mehdi, Microsoft’s senior vice-president (online services), they both engage in…


Joss Whedon and Scientific Facts

Super soldiers, neural radios, bio-monitored self-imprisonment and sleeper assassins. Sounds like a pretty good show, right? It was! I would love to tell you all…


Sleep: such a magical wonder

Sleep? Bah, who needs it? We all do, unfortunately. Personally, I am very back and fourth; one day I could be pulling an all nighter…


Science briefs

Woodpecker brain technology Scientists at UC Berkeley have unraveled the mystery behind the impact-resistant woodpecker brain and are using the knowledge to protect your electronics….


Politics: the final frontier

NASA has been all over the map for the past few years — cancelling one program only to start another, only to be later cancelled…


Keep your ideas to yourself

Science vs Science Science is without a doubt the greatest tool in explaining the forces behind natural phenomena. It provides us with a common toolset…