Effective aid overseas
Engineers Without Borders stresses importance of sustained volunteer projects
Sci + Tech
Portrait of a lab rat
Concordia talk explores scientific inquiry and rodents as art
Speaking out against military research since the ’80s
CKUT speakers discuss current policy’s failure to regulate harmful research applications
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
The universe at the end of all things
Far-distant astronomy will be unable to observe phenomena we know today
A turn to the dark side
Searching the universe for a different kind of energy
Earth on Tickertape
The Himalayas reached their highest temperature on record. The glacial melting will likely lead to flash floods and drought in the region. Two hundred and… Read More »Earth on Tickertape
Support for safe injection sites
Positive studies might not be enough to get Quebec on board
What about next time?
Listening to research predictions necessary in preparing for natural disasters
Grow your own building
Developing living architecture to connect and heal the environment
Invasion of the body scanners
Airports use technology to get up close and personal with passengers
Bees, trees, malaria
T he Beijing Weather Modification Office fired shells loaded with silver iodide into the skies in northern China, inducing an additional 16 million tonnes of… Read More »Bees, trees, malaria
Should there really be an app for that?
A look at the absurd, the offensive, and the potentially amusing in mobile technology