The good and the bad: A profile of Canadian non-profit Bad Science Watch
I care about science. I am fascinated by its attempt to systematically weigh evidence and weed out bias, ever striving to reach successively closer approximations…
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Higgs Boson update: What you missed over the summer
This year has been an exciting time in the field of particle physics. A few months ago, scientists in China measured theta-13, a previously unknown…
Science briefs: Coronavirus, open-access particle physics, worm brains manipulated by lasers
New coronavirus emerges Public health officials are wary as news of a new type of coronavirus emerges. The discovery of the virus was announced on…
Science briefs: News from the world of genetics and stem cells
New study able to identify genes involved in Face shape A new study, published by Plos Genetics, has shined a light on the genes that…
On the importance of vaccines: Not taking part puts us all at risk
Vaccination is really important. That may seem to you like an unusually benign assertion – not because it’s false, but because it’s so trivially and…
Science groups on campus: W.I.S.E, Let’s Talk Science and the U of M Science students Association (SSA)
Many science-based, student-oriented campus community groups are eagerly awaiting a fresh inrush of new members! W.I.S.E. Kid-Netic Energy (Women in Science and Engineering) Where: Engineering…
Notes from the Northern Boreal: A wandering bird biologist’s field journals
Thermoregulation; foraging black terns; red-winged black birds and the “trillers” 26 JUNE, 2012 We awoke this morning to wind gusts of 45+ kilometres per hour…
Notes from the Northern Boreal: A wandering bird biologist’s field journals
Lichenous white-spruce; black bears abound; boreal plant and animal artifacts collected
Where’s our giant leap?
Astronaut deaths prompt thinking about space exploration
New research grant from feds for Arctic research
Prime Minister Steven Harper recently announced plans for a $142.4 million grant for research to be conducted in Canada’s Arctic region. The multi-million dollar grant…