University education not the payoff it once was
As the summer ends, many young people are returning to universities across the country. However, for a large number of students, the future is uncertain…
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Hungry for change
The Manitoba NDP Caucus has announced a $100,000 pledge to NorWest Community Food Centre (NCFC), which plans to open to the public in January 2014….
Going Deep with Jodie Layne
One thing that seems to weird people out and can be hard to understand is fantasy: how it works, and in which ways it can…
Boiled Alive
Research presented at the International Ethological Conference, known as Behaviour 2013, in Newcastle, U.K. earlier this August has shown there may be more to crustacean…
Not your average burger
Do you know where your meat comes from? Mark Post from Maastricht University in the Netherlands is adding “the laboratory” to an ever-growing list of…
U of M professor links physical punishment of children to lasting health conditions
An association between the physical punishment of children and chronic health effects has been discovered in one of the first comprehensive studies of physical punishment…
Going Deep with Jodie Layne
Please note: This is not a comprehensive resource and does not substitute for counselling or therapy. If you are a survivor of sexual assault and…
Going Deep with Jodie Layne
Dear Jodie, In the past couple years I’ve developed the ability to have “wet dreams.” I wake myself up having an involuntary orgasm, sometimes sans…
Going Deep with Jodie Layne
In any sexual encounter, the time will probably arise when someone wants something that their partner is hesitant about or uncomfortable with. Sex is…
Oil and water: Are science and religion in conflict?
“Science respects the power of the human intellect; religion belittles it,” claims the former Oxford chemist Peter Atkins. Atkins adds, “Religion is armchair speculation well…