Elon Musk wants to colonize Mars within the next decade
Elon Musk is a man with a dream. And the dream is the stuff science fiction is made of: Musk, the billionaire founder and CEO…
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World Health Organization reports 92% of world population breathes dangerous air
In a report released this past Tuesday, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that 92 per cent of the world’s population breathes air that exceeds…
Recent findings that Harvard research was funded by sugar industry isn’t anything new
Newly revealed documents show that the sugar industry funded research in the 1960s that cast blame for coronary heart disease on fat, with results more…
900-year-old Mayan book proven genuine
According to current research, the Grolier Codex, a Mayan book written approximately 900 years ago and widely considered to be fake until recently, has been…
Rise of antibiotic-resistant bacteria the cause of U.N. meeting
In an unusual line of action, the United Nations General Assembly will gather later this month in New York to discuss the recent mass prevalence…
Lumosity continuing operations after thousands of refund requests
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has begun handing out rebates after its recent legal battle with Lumosity, the “brain training” game that claimed it could…
Space station for sale
NASA has plans to eventually hand over the International Space Station to a commercial entity in the mid-2020s.
Canadian Space Agency seeks two new astronauts
In June of this year, the Canadian Space Agency made a rare announcement: they are currently looking to fill two vacant positions of Canadian astronauts. Qualified…
Science in the summer
It’s August, and the countdown to the beginning of a new school year has started. If the prospect of going back has got you scrambling to…
U of M astronomers at the centre of black hole discovery
Meet Stefi A. Baum and Christopher O’Dea. Baum is the dean of the faculty of science as well as a professor in the physics and…