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Human versus machine

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Leif Larsen
In the boardrooms, laboratories and command centres of space agencies around the world a war is coming — a war, which will pit burley astronauts, who excel at winning the hearts and minds of...
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Ask a scientist

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Leif Larsen
What causes brain freeze? Since, according to the British Medical Journal (BMJ), it is the most common cause of headache, odds are most of you have experienced “brain freeze,” or sphenopalatino ganglioneuralgia, as the science-types...
Arts & Culture

CD Review : Corb Lund “Losin Lately Gambler”

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Leif Larsen
The first song I heard on Corb Lund’s new album, Losin’ Lately Gambler was “A Game in Town Like This,” and, frankly, it filled me with a sense of dread. The song wasn’t bad;...
Editorial

What would Gretzky do?

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Leif Larsen
I recently drove to Minneapolis to hear Kevin Smith, of Clerks fame, give a three-hour talk on whatever was on his mind. The topic of conversation drifted naturally — amazingly enough — from Hollywood...
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Events in science

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Leif Larsen
Interested in getting more involved on and off campus? Want to see how professors spend their free time? Need something thrifty to do with your date on a Friday night? Come out to some...
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Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles currently still require oil

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Leif Larsen
Let’s face it; hydrogen fuel cells are really awesome. In goes some hydrogen — which just happens to be the most abundant element in the universe — and out comes a bunch of electricity....
News

Better know a prokaryote

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Leif Larsen
The virus formerly known as “swine flu,” or the H1N1 strain of the common influenza virus, has gotten all the press lately, so I thought I would steal back some of the spotlight and...
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