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October 19, 2011

Looking both ways before you cross the street is even more important in the new age of electric cars. These silent vehicles are making their way onto…

October 18, 2011

A team of Canadian researchers has sequenced the genome of Cannabis sativa, the plant that produces both industrial hemp and marijuana, and in the…

October 18, 2011

Writer Kelly Rankin caught up with philosophy professor Mark Kingwell to discuss the growing Occupy movement, mainstream media’s reaction and…

October 18, 2011

What happens when a team of graduate students passionate about science and community outreach is invited to share their knowledge with a northern…

October 18, 2011

Researchers at St. Michael's Hospital and the University of Toronto have found that people who speak more than one language don’t exhibit…

October 14, 2011

Writer Anjum Nayyar talked with computer science professor Eyal de Lara about the technological issues surrounding the recent failure of…

October 14, 2011

Everything that scientists can ever know about long-gone creatures is what they can deduce from fossils. But what if they could resurrect actual…

October 14, 2011

“Irish novelist Flann O’Brien said, ‘When a rock is thrown there is no foreknowledge of where it lands,’” said Professor…

October 13, 2011

  Former prime minister Brian Mulroney, the man entrepreneur Peter Munk described as "one of our greatest statesmen," attributed much…

October 13, 2011

The death of Steve Jobs left many people reflecting on the history of computing—and wondering about its future. Writer Jenny Hall spoke to…

October 12, 2011

A University of Toronto-led team of astronomers has discovered over two dozen new free-floating brown dwarfs -- space objects that straddle the…

October 12, 2011

While most people know physical exercise helps them in losing weight or achieving better physical health, perhaps less well known is the extensive…