Vikings keep biodiversity safe
Buried in the permafrost on a tiny island in the Arctic Ocean is a vault, which may contain the future of humankind. It doesn’t contain…
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Penny for your thoughts
With the results of a study published in the March 11 issue of Current Biology, scientists from University College London (UCL) have brought us closer…
In soviet russia, plant eat you
Plants get a bum rap for being lazy do-nothings who are content to bask in the sun all day if you let them. Furthermore, a…
Your inner shark, tadpole, jellyfish . . .
As a trained paleontologist and professor of anatomy at the University of Chicago, Neil Shubin discovered that by using comparative anatomy he could teach human…
Dr. Know
Two weeks in a row; you mammalian malcontents are killing me. My date from last week, the dashing barn owl, took one sniff of me…
What’s in a name?
On the periodic table of elements there sat a placeholder in position 112, ununbium, an indication that something should go there. What that something should…
Science briefs
Residents of PEI might call it “mini me” Researchers from the Australia Antarctic Division (AAD) noticed something missing from Antarctica this February, namely a 2,500-square…
Assessing your mental health with inkblots
What do you learn when you look at an inkblot? Well, some researchers believe that they can help you to reveal the unconscious workings of…
U of M Engineering student publication causes stir with Valentine’s Day issue
An engineering students’ publication at the University of Manitoba has caused a stir this past week with its recent Valentine’s Day issue, being called raunchy,…
The age of things
Just over 200 years ago, the prevailing belief popularized by religious mythology was that the planet earth had been around for just some 10,000 years….