Study finds 14 per cent of Manitoba’s children diagnosed with a mental disorder
According to an annual report by the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy (MCHP), an alarming number of youth living in Manitoba are dealing with at…
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Canadian scientists pen open letter to Trudeau government
Scientists from all across Canada have come together to ask that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ramp up his efforts in reviewing energy projects, in the…
CRISPR method of gene editing used on a human cancer patient for the first time
CRISPR, a relatively new method of editing genomes, has been used for the first time on a human patient in China. Let’s break down this…
Employee at Winnipeg lab possibly exposed to Ebola virus
An employee at Winnipeg’s National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease has potentially been exposed to the Ebola virus. The employee who was working with six…
Meet the U of M’s first eco-marathon team
The University of Manitoba officially has their first eco-marathon team. UMecoMotion, which began as a U of M student group in September of this year,…
First instance of dinosaur brain fossil found in England
Scientists have discovered what they claim to be the very first instance of a dinosaur brain fossil. The study, published in a Special Publication of…
Canadian astronomers claim star activity is ‘probably aliens’
Stars behaving strangely have been suggested to be a sign of alien life.
Canadian scientist leading research on synthetic compounds to treat Alzheimer’s disease
Is the answer to the Alzheimer’s disease epidemic computer-modelled molecules? Donald Weaver, senior scientist and director at the Krembil Research Institute in Toronto, believes it very…
Every Teacher Project takes a closer look at LGBTQ inclusion among Canada’s educators
While most teachers are supportive of providing LGBTQ education to students, very few are given the tools to do so, according to Catherine Taylor, who…
Science Briefs: Animal Activity Edition
A recent study by scientists at Duke University, Kyoto University, and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology has provided evidence that great apes (bonobos,…