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When we think of a store being robbed, we tend to think of some guy walking in with a mask on, maybe carrying a pistol or a baseball bat, or a knife. A recent...

Oct. 31 is a date when more people are outside under a dark sky than almost any other day. Costumed trick-or-treaters will be wandering the streets, focusing on houses and candy, but many of...

In the late 1950s and early 1960s, it was a no-holds-barred race between the USSR and the United States in an effort to be the first to explore beyond the boundaries of our own...

Benoît B. Mandelbrot, the French-American mathematician, described as the founding father of fractal geometry, lost his battle to pancreatic cancer on Oct. 16. In the mid 1970s, Mandelbrot coined the term “fractal,” derived from...

The woolly flying squirrel, Eupetaurus cinereus, is the largest known squirrel alive today. This massive sciurid, as the scientific family containing squirrels is known, measures around 53 centimetres (just under two feet) in length,...

Socially-minded faculty councils at the University of Manitoba are working to make a difference in their communities. Inderveer Mahal and Priya Sharma, both third-year science students and members of the Science Students’ Association (SSA), are...

On Oct. 12, the International Student Caucus met for the first time this year in the University of Manitoba Students’ Union council chambers. The meeting was open to the student body, giving students from various backgrounds...