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Photo of Nancy Reid
May 28, 2018

Few people can say that their signature appears in the same book as Sir Isaac Newton’s. The University of Toronto's Nancy Reid will soon be…

Photo of entrance of Wonderwerk Cave
May 28, 2018

New research out of South Africa’s Wonderwerk Cave shows that the climate of the interior of southern Africa almost two million years ago was…

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May 25, 2018

Globally, hundreds of millions of people lack access to clean drinking water. But water scarcity isn't an issue that is top of mind of most people in…

Jackson Yue Bin Guo
May 25, 2018

Long before the Communist Party rose to power during the late 1940s, China was ruled by a series of dynastic empires stretching back thousands of…

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May 25, 2018

Samsung has added its name to Toronto’s thriving artificial intelligence network, opening its Toronto AI Centre in the MaRS Discovery District on…

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May 25, 2018

At the start of the Ontario provincial election, which unofficially began when Doug Ford was narrowly chosen in March to lead the province’s…

Min Zhuo
May 24, 2018

A University of Toronto scientist has discovered the brain’s frontal lobe is involved in pain transmission to the spine. If his findings in animals…

Dentist student Khamsum Wangdu
May 24, 2018

The path to dentistry school was a tough one for Khamsum Wangdu. Growing up in a Tibetan refugee camp in Nepal, college seemed out of reach. He and…

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May 24, 2018

A new study from the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education has found that moderate to vigorous physical activity may…

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May 24, 2018

Ho Sung wanted to be a scientist after learning who Einstein was when he was a boy. But while pursuing a bachelor's degree in science at the…

Photo of Chris Tait
May 23, 2018

Adults in Ontario who live in food-insecure households had more than twice the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, according to a new study by…

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May 23, 2018

New research by University of Toronto scholars reveals that understanding small physiological activities in dragonflies could reveal a deeper…