Point / Counterpoint – The motion: science will one day render philosophy obsolete (Con)
Con: Science cannot, and cannot be allowed to, render philosophy obsolete. One defence is that arguments for science as a reliable means for learning about…
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A day in the life: Performing the experiment from beginning to end
Last time, we plated our cells and left them to grow enough for drug treatment. Today, we will finally perform the intended experiment, for which…
“Where we are shapes who we are”
U of M president David Barnard began the most recent installment of the Visionary Conversations speaker series by saying, “Where we are shapes who we…
Over the Top
How many cupcakes can you eat? No really, how many? Mentoring Artists for Women’s Art (MAWA) will push your sugar consumption and stomach capacity to…
Gimme Some Truth
The fifth annual Gimme Some Truth Documentary Festival, hosted by the Winnipeg Film Group, will run from Mar. 14 until 17 at the Cinematheque; the…
Researcher profile: Shantel Gushue
Shantel Gushue is a University of Manitoba M.Sc. candidate studying Prion disease through the department of medical microbiology and infectious diseases.
Sometimes, life’s a ditch: Architecture keep Ditchball tradition alive
For the 35th year in a row, students from the faculty of architecture congregated around an icy ditch carved right through a huge mountain of…
Local and low-budget films
Emerging filmmakers and film students alike will have a new festival to show off their work come this May. Cleo Leslie, Nigel Webber, and Scott…
A day in the life: Counting cells, playing the waiting game
Last time we explored cell splitting and the errors involved in the process. Today, we will look at how cell splitting can be applied to…
The summer of our disinterment
English scientists, archaeologists, and historians have confirmed that the skeleton discovered beneath a parking lot in Leicester is that of Richard III, the last king…