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Nathan Stewart in Thailand
August 29, 2016

From rising waters to erratic weather, we’re starting to feel the wrath of climate change.  But taking the necessary precautions in order to…

Vahid Raeesi
August 26, 2016

Imagine a fighter jet that can fly to its target undetected, attack with two different kinds of weapons and then disappear without a trace. Now…

iPhone
August 26, 2016

Bill Marczak and John Scott-Railton made headlines around the world this week when they disclosed serious iPhone security flaws after an…

kiwi bird
August 26, 2016

New Zealand’s kiwi may be one of the world’s oddest birds – flightless, nocturnal, an enigmatic dirt digger with nostrils at the end of its long bill.…

Toronto taxi driver holds a sign saying "Stop Uber Now"
August 26, 2016

Back in March, Shauna Brail was at a geography conference in San Francisco about to present recent findings from her study on Uber and municipal…

Mireille Landry
August 26, 2016

The 2016 Paralympic Games will be taking place September 7 to 18, and Mireille Landry, a physical therapy lecturer and exercise coordinator for…

White Spruce pinecones
August 26, 2016

Ingo Ensminger, a biologist at University of Toronto Mississauga, is using a drone to help breed better spruce trees. Ensminger and his…

iPhone
August 25, 2016

Two University of Toronto researchers from Munk School of Global Affairs Citizen Lab have uncovered an iPhone-based attack on  Ahmed…

Peter Zandstra stands at the podium in front of a group of researchers at the CFREF funding announcement
August 25, 2016

David McMillen and his team are hard at work designing a new custom-designed probiotic to help the 233,000 Canadians living with Crohn’s and…

Tara Moriarty and student in a lab
August 25, 2016

They’re small, unassuming – and potentially deadly. And while most bacteria are rendered harmless by the body’s defense mechanisms, to date there has…

Geoffrey Ozin
August 25, 2016

Every year, humans advance climate change and global warming – and quite likely our own eventual extinction – by injecting about 30 billion tonnes of…

Andrew Westoll sits in the classroom
August 24, 2016

Andrew Westoll has always been fascinated by stories about the natural world. As a child he would escape to the far reaches of the globe through the…