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Sat, 18 May 2013 23:28:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/03/scientists-are-closing-in-on-dark-matter/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/03/scientists-are-closing-in-on-dark-matter/#comments Wed, 03 Apr 2013 19:32:19 +0000 Kate Lunau http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=367799 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/03/scientists-are-closing-in-on-dark-matter/feed/ 0 New research on one of science's enduring mysteries http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/28/elise-andrew-on-why-she-loves-science/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/28/elise-andrew-on-why-she-loves-science/#comments Thu, 28 Mar 2013 17:35:20 +0000 Kate Lunau http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=365684 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/28/elise-andrew-on-why-she-loves-science/feed/ 0 Kate Lunau talks with the creative force behind everybody's favourite science page http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/07/video-chris-hadfield-answers-our-questions-from-space/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/07/video-chris-hadfield-answers-our-questions-from-space/#comments Thu, 07 Mar 2013 16:47:00 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=358014 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/07/video-chris-hadfield-answers-our-questions-from-space/feed/ 0 Video: Canada's man in space takes our questions http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/18/the-2013-aaas-meeting-in-54-tweets/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/18/the-2013-aaas-meeting-in-54-tweets/#comments Mon, 18 Feb 2013 20:07:51 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=352064 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/18/the-2013-aaas-meeting-in-54-tweets/feed/ 0 Kate Lunau covered five days of the world's biggest science fest: here are the highlights http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/18/big-news-on-dark-matter/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/18/big-news-on-dark-matter/#comments Mon, 18 Feb 2013 17:45:30 +0000 Kate Lunau http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=351886 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/18/big-news-on-dark-matter/feed/ 0 Kate Lunau's latest from the AAAS Meeting, on the mysterious stuff that makes up 25 per cent of our universe http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/17/the-mystery-of-memory-and-the-famous-patient-known-as-hm/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/17/the-mystery-of-memory-and-the-famous-patient-known-as-hm/#comments Sun, 17 Feb 2013 19:07:21 +0000 Kate Lunau http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=351714 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/17/the-mystery-of-memory-and-the-famous-patient-known-as-hm/feed/ 0 Kate Lunau on the most famous neurological patient in history http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/16/catching-neutrinos-the-tiny-particle-that-could-help-explain-why-we-exist/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/16/catching-neutrinos-the-tiny-particle-that-could-help-explain-why-we-exist/#comments Sat, 16 Feb 2013 21:41:57 +0000 Kate Lunau http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=351604 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/16/catching-neutrinos-the-tiny-particle-that-could-help-explain-why-we-exist/feed/ 0 Why are we here? Kate Lunau on the mysterious particles that could help explain http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/15/back-pain-fallen-arches-a-look-at-the-downsides-of-human-evolution/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/15/back-pain-fallen-arches-a-look-at-the-downsides-of-human-evolution/#comments Fri, 15 Feb 2013 21:36:32 +0000 Kate Lunau http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=351380 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/15/back-pain-fallen-arches-a-look-at-the-downsides-of-human-evolution/feed/ 0 Kate Lunau's latest dispatch from the AAAS meeting http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/14/new-worlds-brain-machines-feathered-dinosaurs-and-the-higgs-boson/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/14/new-worlds-brain-machines-feathered-dinosaurs-and-the-higgs-boson/#comments Thu, 14 Feb 2013 19:33:35 +0000 Kate Lunau http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=350759 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/14/new-worlds-brain-machines-feathered-dinosaurs-and-the-higgs-boson/feed/ 0 Kate Lunau is on the ground at the world's biggest science fest http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/19/podcast-hunting-for-planets/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/19/podcast-hunting-for-planets/#comments Sat, 19 Jan 2013 20:13:41 +0000 Jessica Allen http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=338469 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/19/podcast-hunting-for-planets/feed/ 0 Astronomers how think our galaxy is filled with billions of planets. Kate Lunau on the Biggest Discovery Ever http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/05/53-of-chris-hadfields-photos-from-orbit/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/05/53-of-chris-hadfields-photos-from-orbit/#comments Sat, 05 Jan 2013 21:00:48 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=333869 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/05/53-of-chris-hadfields-photos-from-orbit/feed/ 0 'So much of the world's beauty is simply art itself,' astronaut says of pictures http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/22/cmdr_hadfield-tweets-from-space/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/22/cmdr_hadfield-tweets-from-space/#comments Sun, 23 Dec 2012 02:30:25 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=331420 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/22/cmdr_hadfield-tweets-from-space/feed/ 0 Dec. 24: 'Our tree is up – on the ceiling! The beauty of a weightless Christmas.' http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/22/the-biggest-craziest-gee-whizziest-science-stories-of-2012/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/22/the-biggest-craziest-gee-whizziest-science-stories-of-2012/#comments Sat, 22 Dec 2012 21:43:53 +0000 Kate Lunau http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=330315 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/22/the-biggest-craziest-gee-whizziest-science-stories-of-2012/feed/ 0 Science writer Kate Lunau picks her favourite stories of the year http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/17/cmdr_hadfield-prepares-for-lift-off/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/17/cmdr_hadfield-prepares-for-lift-off/#comments Mon, 17 Dec 2012 18:37:21 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=329508 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/17/cmdr_hadfield-prepares-for-lift-off/feed/ 0 Ten, nine, eight ... tweet: Astronaut chronicles countdown to space http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/11/astronaut-chris-hadfield-readies-for-mission-of-a-lifetime/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/11/astronaut-chris-hadfield-readies-for-mission-of-a-lifetime/#comments Tue, 11 Dec 2012 22:28:41 +0000 Kate Lunau http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=326771 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/11/astronaut-chris-hadfield-readies-for-mission-of-a-lifetime/feed/ 0 Hadfield will become the first Canadian to command the International Space Station http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/25/found-albertas-feathered-dinosaurs/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/25/found-albertas-feathered-dinosaurs/#comments Thu, 25 Oct 2012 18:10:56 +0000 Kate Lunau http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=307424 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/25/found-albertas-feathered-dinosaurs/feed/ 0 University of Calgary researchers dug up an ostrich-like dino that famously appeared in 'Jurassic Park' http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/19/rocket-man-a-photo-tour-of-nasas-johnson-space-centre-with-chris-hadfield/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/19/rocket-man-a-photo-tour-of-nasas-johnson-space-centre-with-chris-hadfield/#comments Wed, 19 Sep 2012 18:31:20 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=295154 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/19/rocket-man-a-photo-tour-of-nasas-johnson-space-centre-with-chris-hadfield/feed/ 0 From space food to space suits to, um, space toilets http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/19/you-know-virtual-reality-helmets-i-tried-one-on/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/19/you-know-virtual-reality-helmets-i-tried-one-on/#comments Wed, 19 Sep 2012 11:32:15 +0000 Kate Lunau http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=295066 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/19/you-know-virtual-reality-helmets-i-tried-one-on/feed/ 0 Kate Lunau floats around on the virtual International Space Station http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/18/what-happens-to-an-astronauts-heart-during-long-space-travel/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/18/what-happens-to-an-astronauts-heart-during-long-space-travel/#comments Tue, 18 Sep 2012 11:20:07 +0000 Kate Lunau http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=294711 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/18/what-happens-to-an-astronauts-heart-during-long-space-travel/feed/ 0 Kate Lunau shadows astronaut Chris Hadfield at the Johnson Space Center http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/17/coming-up-today-at-the-johnson-space-center-why-does-the-heart-shrink-in-space/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/17/coming-up-today-at-the-johnson-space-center-why-does-the-heart-shrink-in-space/#comments Mon, 17 Sep 2012 14:48:47 +0000 Kate Lunau http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=294425 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/17/coming-up-today-at-the-johnson-space-center-why-does-the-heart-shrink-in-space/feed/ 0 Kate Lunau gets ready to hang out with Chris Hadfield http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/07/the-health-story-weve-been-missing/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/07/the-health-story-weve-been-missing/#comments Fri, 07 Sep 2012 14:47:07 +0000 Erica Alini http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=289772 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/07/the-health-story-weve-been-missing/feed/ 0 A bad health system is the thing that can neutralize a good treatment http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/17/the-higgs-boson-discovery-changes-everything/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/17/the-higgs-boson-discovery-changes-everything/#comments Tue, 17 Jul 2012 14:00:01 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=273600 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/17/the-higgs-boson-discovery-changes-everything/feed/ 0 A special report from the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/12/podcast-kate-lunau-on-writing-this-weeks-higgs-boson-cover-story/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/12/podcast-kate-lunau-on-writing-this-weeks-higgs-boson-cover-story/#comments Thu, 12 Jul 2012 14:18:51 +0000 Jessica Allen http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=273692 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/12/podcast-kate-lunau-on-writing-this-weeks-higgs-boson-cover-story/feed/ 0 This is going to change everything: find out why http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/10/the-scientists-vs-harper/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/10/the-scientists-vs-harper/#comments Tue, 10 Jul 2012 22:26:21 +0000 Julia Belluz http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=273011 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/10/the-scientists-vs-harper/feed/ 0 Science-ish looks at the evidence on the claim that the Tory government is anti-science http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/06/dispatch-from-the-higgs-boson-cafeteria/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/06/dispatch-from-the-higgs-boson-cafeteria/#comments Fri, 06 Jul 2012 19:26:39 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=272818 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/06/dispatch-from-the-higgs-boson-cafeteria/feed/ 0 Or rather, 'restaurant,' where CERN physicists can eat three meals a day—and talk science http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/16/video-the-robot-version-of-euro-2012/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/16/video-the-robot-version-of-euro-2012/#comments Sat, 16 Jun 2012 13:00:18 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=268076 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/16/video-the-robot-version-of-euro-2012/feed/ 0 Robot soccer is at the cutting edge of robotics--and UBC has a star team http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/07/canadian-corpse-flower-is-a-blooming-record-breaker/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/07/canadian-corpse-flower-is-a-blooming-record-breaker/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 20:06:44 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=257314 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/07/canadian-corpse-flower-is-a-blooming-record-breaker/feed/ 0 Its official name is 'Amorphophallus titanum'—which translates as "giant misshapen penis" http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/02/assisted-human-reproduction-canada-the-budget-cut-everyone-missed/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/02/assisted-human-reproduction-canada-the-budget-cut-everyone-missed/#comments Mon, 02 Apr 2012 22:17:31 +0000 Anne Kingston http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=250144 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/02/assisted-human-reproduction-canada-the-budget-cut-everyone-missed/feed/ 0 The agency was largely useless but its shuttering curtails federal oversight of fertility treatments http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/26/qa-james-till-on-the-discovery-of-stem-cells/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/26/qa-james-till-on-the-discovery-of-stem-cells/#comments Mon, 26 Mar 2012 20:56:04 +0000 Gustavo Vieira http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=247482 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/26/qa-james-till-on-the-discovery-of-stem-cells/feed/ 0 The ground-breaking Canadian scientist reflects on 50 years of research since his landmark study in Nature http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/15/climate-scientist-michael-e-mann-and-the-hockey-stick-graph/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/15/climate-scientist-michael-e-mann-and-the-hockey-stick-graph/#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2012 20:17:54 +0000 Kate Lunau http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=246167 The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches from the Front Lines]]> http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/15/climate-scientist-michael-e-mann-and-the-hockey-stick-graph/feed/ 0 Q & A on his new book, The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches from the Front Lines http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/01/algal-boom/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/01/algal-boom/#comments Thu, 01 Mar 2012 15:50:01 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=241262 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/01/algal-boom/feed/ 0 Skeptics say it’s yet another renewable pipe dream http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/27/the-science-of-superheroes/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/27/the-science-of-superheroes/#comments Mon, 27 Feb 2012 14:00:01 +0000 Kate Lunau http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=241264 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/27/the-science-of-superheroes/feed/ 0 Who else could calculate how many calories the Flash would need to consume to run at the speed of light? http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/20/animal-behavior-it-can-be-moral/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/20/animal-behavior-it-can-be-moral/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 18:45:32 +0000 Kate Lunau http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=240929 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/20/animal-behavior-it-can-be-moral/feed/ 0 Elephants recognize themselves, chimps feel empathy http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/20/why-whales-and-dolphins-should-qualify-as-non-human-people/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/20/why-whales-and-dolphins-should-qualify-as-non-human-people/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:16:58 +0000 Kate Lunau http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=240914 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/20/why-whales-and-dolphins-should-qualify-as-non-human-people/feed/ 0 They can understand numbers and abstract concepts and have their own distinct culture and traditions http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/19/the-quest-to-make-meat-without-animals/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/19/the-quest-to-make-meat-without-animals/#comments Sun, 19 Feb 2012 21:30:53 +0000 Kate Lunau http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=240901 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/19/the-quest-to-make-meat-without-animals/feed/ 0 You could see test tube burgers on a menu sooner than you think http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/18/climate-change-and-the-food-supply-its-not-going-to-get-any-easier/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/18/climate-change-and-the-food-supply-its-not-going-to-get-any-easier/#comments Sat, 18 Feb 2012 23:37:16 +0000 Kate Lunau http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=240888 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/18/climate-change-and-the-food-supply-its-not-going-to-get-any-easier/feed/ 0 Corn, wheat, rice and soy tend to suffer in extreme heat http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/18/the-strange-and-wonderful-world-of-microbes/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/18/the-strange-and-wonderful-world-of-microbes/#comments Sat, 18 Feb 2012 18:38:11 +0000 Kate Lunau http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=240874 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/18/the-strange-and-wonderful-world-of-microbes/feed/ 0 The Earth Microbiome Project aims to catalogue all the microbes that live on the planet http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/17/higgs-boson-steals-the-show-at-aaas-meeting/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/17/higgs-boson-steals-the-show-at-aaas-meeting/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2012 21:42:24 +0000 Kate Lunau http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=240787 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/17/higgs-boson-steals-the-show-at-aaas-meeting/feed/ 0 Scientists promise new results on the God particle in the next few months http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/17/day-one-at-the-aaas-conference-in-vancouver/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/17/day-one-at-the-aaas-conference-in-vancouver/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:58:18 +0000 Kate Lunau http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=240675 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/17/day-one-at-the-aaas-conference-in-vancouver/feed/ 0 New research emerges about Stonehenge's auditory magic and how to grow food in the desert http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/15/introducing-the-worlds-biggest-science-fest/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/15/introducing-the-worlds-biggest-science-fest/#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2012 21:03:59 +0000 Philippe Gohier http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=240070 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/15/introducing-the-worlds-biggest-science-fest/feed/ 0 The AAAS 2012 meeting in Vancouver will feature the latest on everything scientific, from talks on birth control to discussions of fake meat grown in a lab http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/11/brave-new-livable-worlds/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/11/brave-new-livable-worlds/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:49:35 +0000 Kate Lunau http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=232968 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/11/brave-new-livable-worlds/feed/ 0 Looking for a new planet to inhabit? Here are your options. http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/11/deep-sea-vents/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/11/deep-sea-vents/#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:35:11 +0000 Jonathan McKinnell http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=232155 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/11/deep-sea-vents/feed/ 0 New research shows that in certain spots, even the deep-sea floor can be hospitable http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/02/the-best-of-2011-science-and-technology/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/02/the-best-of-2011-science-and-technology/#comments Mon, 02 Jan 2012 11:00:55 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=231723 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/02/the-best-of-2011-science-and-technology/feed/ 0 From earth-like planets to the decline of RIM–discoveries and developments that made our favourite stories of 2011 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/29/this-changes-everything/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/29/this-changes-everything/#comments Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:20:01 +0000 Nicholas Köhler http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/01/this-changes-everything/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/29/this-changes-everything/feed/ 50 Experiments show neutrinos moving faster than the speed of light http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/07/green-monsters/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/07/green-monsters/#comments Mon, 07 Nov 2011 14:30:01 +0000 Erica Alini http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/10/green-monsters/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/07/green-monsters/feed/ 1 With or without soil, living walls are energy efficient