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September 17, 2019

Professor Graham Collingridge, a world-renowned expert in learning and memory, has taken over as the new director of the Tanz Centre…

Snapping turtle in a canoe in Algonquin Park
September 16, 2019

While thousands of visitors to Algonquin Provincial Park were canoeing and camping this summer, a small band of third-year University of…

Portrait of Choon Chin Liew
September 16, 2019

Choong Chin Liew was a visionary research scientist whose work on cardiovascular genetics is still paving the way for early detection of a wide…

Hubble Space Telescope image
September 16, 2019

There are about the same number of professional astronomers in Canada as there are active Canadian hockey players in the NHL. Hockey players get a lot…

Photo of Daniel Drucker
September 13, 2019

Today, many researchers view gut hormones as building blocks for developing new therapies to confront the obesity and diabetes epidemics sweeping the…

Portrait of Laura Burget holding up one of her fragrance products
September 13, 2019

As early as her second year in engineering at the University of Toronto, Laura Burget knew she wanted to be an entrepreneur. “I actually ran two…

Man smoking cannabis in his home
September 13, 2019

More people in apartment buildings and condominiums reported exposure to cannabis smoke than tobacco one year before legalization, a new…

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September 12, 2019

Today we’re facing a whole slew of social, economic and environmental crises – gun violence, climate change, gender inequality, job dislocation, food…

photo of Mollisonia plenovenatrix
September 12, 2019

Paleontologists working on the world-renowned Burgess Shale have revealed a new species named Mollisonia plenovenatrix, which they describe as…