Your inner shark, tadpole, jellyfish . . .
As a trained paleontologist and professor of anatomy at the University of Chicago, Neil Shubin discovered that by using comparative anatomy he could teach human…
Brian Hauri
Get More Sleep
As university students, we are often in multiple classes and have many other responsibilities, which may make it seem like there are not enough minutes…
Assessing your mental health with inkblots
What do you learn when you look at an inkblot? Well, some researchers believe that they can help you to reveal the unconscious workings of…
The age of things
Just over 200 years ago, the prevailing belief popularized by religious mythology was that the planet earth had been around for just some 10,000 years….
The age of things
Two hundred kilometers north of Winnipeg is Nopiming Provincial Park, a place full of backwater camping and hiking trails, and, as it happens, precambrian rocks…
Love hurts
Imagine you’re out for a walk in the woods and you happen upon an attractive mate; after copulation, your partner promptly bites your head off…
Love is in the air
“This stuff is like catnip. Too many women come after me [ . . . ] I am looking for a woman my own age,…
Playing mind games on your stomach
The company we keep while dining and the décor of the restaurant we dine in has an important role in influencing our choice of food…
Prediction is the best medicine
The recent devastation in Haiti has reminded us once again of the powerful natural forces at work all around us. Beneath our feet is a…
Plasma Rockets
It’s been 38 years since humans last stepped foot on a planet other than this pale blue dot. Now, with new technology being developed at…