The right ones for the job
It is a challenging task to depict the life of a man who achieved and experienced so much. It would be very easy to get…
technology
Science briefs: Helpful bugs
Brazilian wasp venom contains cancer-fighting toxins Recent studies on the Brazilian wasp Polybia palista reveal that the venom in their stingers contains what may one…
Telework
Telework, or remote working, is a steadily increasing trend in the workplace, with a 26 per cent increase in telework job postings in the U.S….
Who stands with Ahmed?
It seemed like a normal Monday. Ahmed Mohamed, a 14-year-old freshman at MacArthur High School in Irving, Texas, began the school week just like any…
The economy of sharing apps
Smartphones and apps have changed many aspects of our daily lives, including the way we do business. The sharing economy can be described as the…
The sound of campus radio
Any undergraduate or graduate students interested in student and community media should be happy to know that the Manitoban is not alone on campus. For…
Death in the age of social media
It used to be that when preparing for your death, you would write a will to ensure your estate is handled how you want when…
ZenFri Inc. creates ‘anomaly’ in mobile gaming
Local creative company ZenFri Inc. has just launched their first video game, Clandestine: Anomaly on both iOS and Android platforms. The title was first made…
Weighing in
Over the last month we’ve been hard at work on the back end of our website. Among other things, we have switched to a new web host that provides a better service than we were previously getting. The Manitoban’s web traffic has grown by an order of magnitude in the last few years and we’ve become too big for the space we had at the old host.
Changing the game
As television broadcasts increase in quality and man-caves and she-sheds get more comfortable, it’s becoming easier to find an excuse not to go to sporting…