Let’s Talk Science at the University of Manitoba is holding the first I Love Science Week from March 23 to 31. Space Days, being held at the Manitoba Museum’s Science Gallery on March 21...

Researchers may be closer to understanding why there appears to be an increase of myopia around the world, and it is not entirely related to genetics. Myopia is nearsightedness due to the elongation of the...

For much of the Western world, the toilet is a modern convenience taken for granted on a day-to-day basis. Modern plumbing, water treatment, and sewage systems are perhaps some of the most important inventions...

Researchers from Columbia University recently discovered that the brains of rhesus monkeys make decisions using the same algorithms as Alan Turing’s decoding machine utilized during World War II. For those unfamiliar, Turing helped decipher encrypted...

Sentinel-2A ready for launch Sentinel-2A, an Earth observation satellite, is currently undergoing a last round of tests before being shipped to French Guiana for launch. The launch has been planned for June 12, and is...

Recently, parliament’s upper house in the United Kingdom passed a law which allows for the mitochondrial DNA of a donor to be used as therapy for mitochondrial diseases. As early as 2016 some babies...

Cosmology has been shaken up by new theories on the origins of the universe which have recently received attention in the media. Did the universe begin with a big bang? With two? Or with...