Sci + Tech

Cooperation vital to life on earth

It starts with a sudden fever and a headache. Then comes nausea, skin rashes, and atrocious muscle and joint pain. There are no available vaccines… Read More »Dengue on our doorstep

Looking to change the way health care is delivered in the developing world, one cell phone at a time

Canadian scientists question the sustainability of recommending fish intake

Decoding the “black box” of computer surveillance

During my most recent failure in self-control – an obscenely unhealthy Rock of Love marathon that clearly took precedence over essay writing – I started… Read More »Lost In Transcription: Low on sugar, out of control

Exoplanets detected using data from gravitational disturbances and luminosity

Panelists consider science in Islamic states

Little waste from laboratories at McGill is recycled

TAPthirst unpacks bottled water waste

Food that we throw in the trash bin ends up either dumped in a landfill or burned in an incinerator, along with all our other… Read More »Considering Composting?

Science education has it pretty tough. It’s just not cool to like microscopes and calculators. Educational media is constantly trying to revamp science’s rather dull… Read More »Lost In Transcription: Better than the Frizz? No way!

Early 20th century sanatorium architecture reflects dominant treatment paradigms

“All science, regardless of what science you’re in, begins with observable phenomena,” asserted Professor Don Donderi of the Department of Psychology last Wednesday, during the… Read More »Prof talks UFO science

Research finds disturbing body clock results in poor health outcomes