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Local briefs

Cell phone ban brings in $22K on first day in effect The Manitoba government began enforcing its ban on cell-phone use while driving July 15…


Science opinions

If you had almost two hours to kill last week—like I did—you may have sat down in front of your computer with a coffee and…


Love + delusion

“Humans will start falling in love with [and marrying] robots, probably in about 30 or 40 years.” –David Levy (2007) On Nov. 22, 2009 guests…


Growing pains

To say that the Internet can be controversial is a supreme understatement. With but a few keystrokes, sites containing literally anything can be happened upon…


Solar power

What if I told you that enough of the sun’s energy strikes the Earth every hour to power the entire planet for a full year?…




UMSU elections Facebook-free

This year, the supplementary rules for the upcoming University of Manitoba Students Union (UMSU) election campaigns bans candidates from using Facebook.com to gain support for…



Tweets are Sweet

If you need any indication of Twitter.com’s booming popularity, look no further than Nick Douglas’s recent publication, Twitter Wit, which describes itself as “an authorized…