A dark night for bats
Given the scale and diversity of most animal populations, it is a rare thing to talk about extinction on the same time scale we might…
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The rise of University Inc.
It must be remembered that education is not to fill the minds of students with facts, it is to teach them to think, and always…
Double Zoological Investigations!
Creationists be damned; I insist that we are all creatures of the sea. Look in your heart of hearts and I think you’ll agree. Regardless…
Study finds Manitoba’s Healthy Baby program is effective
Research conducted by University of Manitoba researchers has presented evidence that the Healthy Baby program, offered by Healthy Child Manitoba, works. The Healthy Baby program,…
Zoological investigations
In addition to Cuba and the Bahamas, the Caribbean island chain contains an unassuming little island called St. Lucia. A rainforested, mountainous, volcanic island roughly…
Dinosaurs finally have something to blame
One of the most devastating events in the history of life on Earth is believed to have happened 65.5 million years ago, when an asteroid…
Research funding may not sustain universities’ research
While provincial funding for research at the University of Manitoba has increased over the past five-years, the level of funding the university receives may not…
Life after death
Whoa, you just died. Nice one. Only a moment ago, there you were — alive, lying in bed, in a clean, white room. Your family…
Science Briefs
Men beware: only vote for winners! Scientists knew that being on the losing team in sports had a negative effect on the amount of testosterone…
Why you shouldn’t buy lottery tickets or worry about H1N1
As an only child, sharing was something that I did only under the most serious of threats, like the loss of television privileges for a…