State of NASA address
On Feb. 2 Charles Bolden, the administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), gave the first State of NASA address. Following the same…
Chantelle Dubois
Solar sailing across the universe
The Planetary Society, a non-profit organization which engages the public in space exploration, has announced test flights for the citizen-funded LightSail project will begin in…
Eggsellent protein science
Researchers at the University of California, Irvine and Flinders University in South Australia have discovered a method to unboil an egg by reverting the proteins…
Ethics of gene selection
Recent developments in the field of genetics have made it possible to precisely edit DNA in mice, creating the need for a discussion of the…
Funding flowing to the U of M
The Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI) has recently granted just over one million dollars to four research projects at the University of Manitoba. The funding…
Safety on the International Space Station
Six astronauts onboard the International Space Station (ISS) have returned to normal operations after a glitch on Jan. 14 indicated ammonia was leaking into the…
Stopping Skynet
The development of artificial intelligence technology has come into the spotlight in popular science as the result of a letter recently drafted by the Future…
2015: A space odyssey
The year 2014 saw many exciting space missions come to fruition; the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Rosetta mission saw its first rover land on a…
Fractal butterflies
Tapash Chakraborty is a Tier-I Canada research chair in nanoscale physics, and a physics and astronomy professor at the University of Manitoba. His students are…
Effects of oral contraceptives on the brain
Oral contraceptive pills were first produced in the United States in the 60s, revolutionizing sexual health for women all over the world. Millions of women…