Zoological Investigations
I went snorkeling in Puerto Rican waters on my day off this week. Yes, that’s right. I will rub it in, thank you. Even though…
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Science opinions
In September of this year a piece of news was silently taking the world by storm: The speed of light was broken; Einstein was finished….
Todd & the Book of Pure Evil
There’s something uncannily charming about Todd & the Book of Pure Evil. The show debuted last fall on the Space network and was filmed right…
U of M one step closer to a more eco-friendly campus
The University of Manitoba sustainability committee recently released a draft of their sustainability strategy, which aims to present an organized vision of a sustainable university,…
Wrapped-up in time
For those of you who may have been raised under the ocean, deep underground in secret government bunkers or have been hermits for most of…
Planes, trains and automobiles . . . oh, and spaceships
Depending on where you’d like to go, the cost of travel can range in price. It costs $2.40 to ride a bus around Winnipeg, or…
Lookout!
On Sept. 23, 2011 NASA’s decommissioned Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) — a “bus sized” object, decommissioned in 2005 — re-entered the Earth’s atmosphere and…
New centre aims to educate youth on farming
If you ate today, thank a farmer” is the last message you read when you walk out of the new Bruce D. Campbell Farm and…
A letter to my future self
Dear future self, I would say it’s been a long time but, somehow, I doubt it has. I’ve decided to write you this letter both…
How to drive forever
What if eight grams of fuel could power your car for a lifetime? What if that fuel was a radioactive element? Would you still be…