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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 Action, a rally based on the idea that “Education...

International students at the University of Manitoba continue to be faced with various complications when trying to access healthcare. When an international student arrives in Manitoba and enrolls in a post-secondary institution, the cost for...

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 “click fraud.” Click fraud is a practice employed by...

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 about it’s freaky futuristic science and how closely it...

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 at a party or the less fun variant, studying. However,...

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. The researchers found that the woodpecker uses “a sinewy, springy...

NASA has been all over the map for the past few years — cancelling one program only to start another, only to be later cancelled itself. The longest running space program, the U.S. space...