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December 2010 / Science

Alien Notion

December 12, 2010April 14, 2020 - by Dan Falk

Preparing for first contact

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Science / September 2010

No One Can Hear You Scream

September 12, 2010August 12, 2020 - by Ivan Hansen

At Mars on Earth, on Canada’s Devon Island, researchers prepare for space travel’s worst dangers

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March 2010 / Science

Bird Calling

March 12, 2010April 15, 2020 - by Marcello Di Cintio

Captivated by an endangered avian species, the former director of the Calgary Zoo becomes the world’s foremost expert in its propagation

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December 2009 / Science

Mind Over Matter

December 12, 2009July 17, 2019 - by Alex Hutchinson

Keeping a place for thought experiments in an empirical age

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October 2009 / Science

The Glad Scientist

October 12, 2009April 15, 2020 - by Dan Falk

A Vatican astronomer explains why science and religion are a match made in heaven

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April 2009 / Science

Perimeter’s Heart

April 12, 2009July 17, 2019 - by Alex Hutchinson

World-renowned physicist and social innovator Neil Turok brings his mission to Waterloo

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November 2007 / Science

Linnaeus Canadensis

November 12, 2007July 17, 2019 - by Nancy Pick

Almost 300 years ago, the great Swedish naturalist sent an acolyte to discover Canada’s flora and fauna

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Science / September 2007

Breaking D-Wave

September 12, 2007April 15, 2020 - by Alex Hutchinson

Has a small British Columbia start-up built the world’s first viable quantum computer?

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November 2006 / Science

The Frozen Zoo

November 12, 2006July 17, 2019 - by Megan Ogilvie

As species disappear, natural history’s future is put on ice

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