Painting, writing, and surviving
Why did humans evolve the capacity to make art?
Sci + Tech
Martian microbes, maybe
Canadian scientists get involved in looking at possible biosignatures of life on Mars
One fish, two fish, red fish, SSMU fish
Where we’ve come in the fight against overfishing
Education minus the tuition
Students use free, online MIT lectures as a substitute for class
Course registration 2.0
Student-made solutions to McGill’s clunky interfaces
10345664th floor, please
McGill students compete in elevator race to space for $1-million prize
Tampering with the genetic code
Benefits and concerns for bioengineered food
Earth on Tickertape
New research suggests that hydrochlorofluorocarbons, which are used in aerosol spray and have been phased in to replace ozone-depleting chlorofluorocarbons, may cause acid rain. Hydrochlorofluorocarbons… Read More »Earth on Tickertape
Mental metaphors
Prof talks “new” neuroscience and technology
Effective aid overseas
Engineers Without Borders stresses importance of sustained volunteer projects
Portrait of a lab rat
Concordia talk explores scientific inquiry and rodents as art
Not your best study buddy
Why psychostimulants might do more harm than good
Where they’re needed most
Legislation hinders developing countries’ access to life-saving medicine
Earth on tickertape
Californian “technology pioneer” Proteus Biomedical is designing one millimetre-squared computer chips that, when ingested with drugs, will monitor the body’s response to the drugs, relaying… Read More »Earth on tickertape
Speaking out against military research since the ’80s
CKUT speakers discuss current policy’s failure to regulate harmful research applications