Winnipeg’s tech startup scene
Global Entrepreneurship Week is a worldwide event created to celebrate innovation around the world. One hundred and twenty-five countries participated, hosting over 33,000 activities globally,…
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A mission 20 years in the making
On Nov. 12, 2014 the European Space Agency (ESA) accomplished a very important first: they landed a probe on a comet. While it is common…
Medicinal and hallucinogenic plants
The course “Medicinal and Hallucinogenic Plants” is described as “a botanical and historical survey of medicinal, hallucinogenic and poisonous plants used in various cultures.” BIOL…
Science media roundup: YouTube
Since its creation in 2005, YouTube has been a staple entertainment website. Through their streaming services, one can find videos on anything from cats to…
Spotlighting the U of M Biomedical Engineering Society
Biomedical engineering is the process of applying engineering concepts to problems in medicine and biology. It is an emerging industry in Canada, as fields of…
Independent TEDxUManitoba event at U of M
On Nov. 4, 2014 the University of Manitoba hosted its first independently organized TEDxUManitoba event. The event invited nine speakers from varying disciplines to discuss…
Shooting tardigrades into space with UMSATS
The University of Manitoba Space Applications and Technology Society’s (UMSATS) TSATS-2 Systems Team intends to probe the hostility and forgivingness of the vacuum of space….
Science Fiction: we use 10 per cent of our brains
Discussed in this issue of Science Fiction: do we humans use only 10 per cent of our brains? “The statement is a myth [ ….
Evolution and creationism in education still under debate
Earlier this year Ken Ham challenged Bill Nye to debate on the topics of creationism and evolution as models of the origins of life. The…
Exploding spacecraft can’t dissuade us
In the same week the world witnessed two space mission failures, both of which had commercial origins: the Space Orbital Corporation’s Antares rocket failure and…