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Sat, 18 May 2013 03:49:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/13/science-in-canada-failure-doesnt-come-cheap/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/13/science-in-canada-failure-doesnt-come-cheap/#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 19:50:37 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=383534 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/13/science-in-canada-failure-doesnt-come-cheap/feed/ 0 A prominent science blogger tears the NRC apart http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/03/when-science-goes-silent/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/03/when-science-goes-silent/#comments Fri, 03 May 2013 09:00:00 +0000 Jonathon Gatehouse http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=379239 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/03/when-science-goes-silent/feed/ 0 With the muzzling of scientists, Harper’s obsession with controlling the message verges on the Orwellian http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/15/scientists-grow-kidneys-in-a-lab-successfully-transplant-them-into-rats/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/15/scientists-grow-kidneys-in-a-lab-successfully-transplant-them-into-rats/#comments Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:19:00 +0000 Emily Senger http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=371910 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/15/scientists-grow-kidneys-in-a-lab-successfully-transplant-them-into-rats/feed/ 0 Scientists at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston have transplanted kidneys grown in a lab... http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/01/mystery-of-owls-spinning-their-heads-all-the-way-around-revealed/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/01/mystery-of-owls-spinning-their-heads-all-the-way-around-revealed/#comments Fri, 01 Feb 2013 16:48:32 +0000 Emily Senger http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=345605 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/01/mystery-of-owls-spinning-their-heads-all-the-way-around-revealed/feed/ 0 Special neck arteries are the key http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/31/scientists-find-tapeworms-in-270-million-year-old-shark-poop/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/31/scientists-find-tapeworms-in-270-million-year-old-shark-poop/#comments Thu, 31 Jan 2013 15:57:29 +0000 Emily Senger http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=345138 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/31/scientists-find-tapeworms-in-270-million-year-old-shark-poop/feed/ 0 Scientists in Brazil have found fossilized poop from a prehistoric shark that appears to... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/06/grad-student-finds-new-asteroid-crater-in-southern-alberta/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/06/grad-student-finds-new-asteroid-crater-in-southern-alberta/#comments Thu, 06 Dec 2012 12:20:02 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=324209 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/12/06/grad-student-finds-new-asteroid-crater-in-southern-alberta/feed/ 0 Alberta grad student Wei Xie was not the first person to notice the strange... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/29/the-quiet-cuts-28/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/29/the-quiet-cuts-28/#comments Mon, 29 Oct 2012 14:59:42 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=308480 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/29/the-quiet-cuts-28/feed/ 0 Nearly a hundred employees at the National Research Council have received affected notices. “There’s... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/09/theres-too-much-at-stake-to-be-silent/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/09/theres-too-much-at-stake-to-be-silent/#comments Tue, 09 Oct 2012 19:03:00 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=301531 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/09/theres-too-much-at-stake-to-be-silent/feed/ 0 Allan Gregg reflects on his “assault on reason” cri de coeur. History shows us... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/24/new-fossil-bed-discovered-in-british-columbia/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/24/new-fossil-bed-discovered-in-british-columbia/#comments Mon, 24 Sep 2012 14:22:04 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=296307 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/09/24/new-fossil-bed-discovered-in-british-columbia/feed/ 0 A leading paleontologist says he and his team have discovered what they believe could... 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/2012/07/09/evidence-rip/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/09/evidence-rip/#comments Mon, 09 Jul 2012 19:37:21 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=273057 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/09/evidence-rip/feed/ 0 Scientists will march through Ottawa tomorrow and then gather on Parliament to conduct a... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/06/7-scientific-discoveries-named-after-canadians/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/06/7-scientific-discoveries-named-after-canadians/#comments Fri, 06 Jul 2012 16:29:31 +0000 Blog of Lists http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=272773 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/07/06/7-scientific-discoveries-named-after-canadians/feed/ 0 Would you believe there's spider named for Neil Young? http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/07/vote-night/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/07/vote-night/#comments Thu, 07 Jun 2012 14:00:16 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=264789 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/06/07/vote-night/feed/ 0 Last night, the House defeated an opposition motion that called on the government to... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/31/lessons-from-a-year-of-science-ish/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/31/lessons-from-a-year-of-science-ish/#comments Thu, 31 May 2012 22:28:44 +0000 Erica Alini http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=262703 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/31/lessons-from-a-year-of-science-ish/feed/ 0 Mind the gap between research and reporting http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/28/sex-and-the-cities-receptive-regina-offended-ottawa/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/28/sex-and-the-cities-receptive-regina-offended-ottawa/#comments Mon, 28 May 2012 14:00:01 +0000 Jonathon Gatehouse http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=260510 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/05/28/sex-and-the-cities-receptive-regina-offended-ottawa/feed/ 0 An exhibit that teaches teens about sex came and went in Regina. In Ottawa, it’s been labelled ‘insulting.’ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/23/today-in-science-squid-can-fly-cougars-eat-seals/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/23/today-in-science-squid-can-fly-cougars-eat-seals/#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2012 18:49:29 +0000 Richard Warnica http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=241819 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/23/today-in-science-squid-can-fly-cougars-eat-seals/feed/ 0 Two dispatches from the never-ending war between sea creatures and land beasts. First, to... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/23/a-screw-up-not-quite-faster-than-the-speed-of-light/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/23/a-screw-up-not-quite-faster-than-the-speed-of-light/#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2012 15:51:57 +0000 Richard Warnica http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=241560 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/23/a-screw-up-not-quite-faster-than-the-speed-of-light/feed/ 0 An experiment that claimed to clock neutrinos travelling faster than the speed of light,... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/02/the-science-is-clear/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/02/the-science-is-clear/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:25:54 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=237563 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/02/the-science-is-clear/feed/ 0 Picking up where questions on Monday and Tuesday had failed to receive a straightforward... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/01/yale-students-discover-plastic-eating-fungus/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/01/yale-students-discover-plastic-eating-fungus/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:20:12 +0000 Alex Ballingall http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=236951 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/01/yale-students-discover-plastic-eating-fungus/feed/ 0 Pestalotiopsis microspora can survive on plastic alone in an anaerobic environment http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/14/hints-emerge-of-elusive-higgs-boson-particle/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/14/hints-emerge-of-elusive-higgs-boson-particle/#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:06:37 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=229614 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/14/hints-emerge-of-elusive-higgs-boson-particle/feed/ 0 By next summer, scientists hope to confirm its existence http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/12/a-science-ish-qa-dr-ben-goldacre/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/12/a-science-ish-qa-dr-ben-goldacre/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 20:20:36 +0000 Julia Belluz http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=229062 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/12/a-science-ish-qa-dr-ben-goldacre/feed/ 0 The 'Bad Science' columnist on quacks, scaremongering journalists, and the importance of good research http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/09/the-oprah-effect-and-why-not-all-scientific-evidence-is-valuable/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/09/the-oprah-effect-and-why-not-all-scientific-evidence-is-valuable/#comments Wed, 09 Nov 2011 18:09:51 +0000 Julia Belluz http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=224228 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/09/the-oprah-effect-and-why-not-all-scientific-evidence-is-valuable/feed/ 14 Some studies are more equal than others http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/21/review-measure-of-the-earth-the-enlightenment-expedition-that-reshaped-our-world/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/21/review-measure-of-the-earth-the-enlightenment-expedition-that-reshaped-our-world/#comments Wed, 21 Sep 2011 10:45:29 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=215823 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/21/review-measure-of-the-earth-the-enlightenment-expedition-that-reshaped-our-world/feed/ 0 Book by Larrie Ferreiro http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/13/hurry-up-and-wait/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/13/hurry-up-and-wait/#comments Tue, 13 Sep 2011 14:50:45 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=213640 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/09/13/hurry-up-and-wait/feed/ 11 An astrophysicist, fed up with lineups at the boarding gate, crunches the numbers http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/22/a-radical-new-rabies-treatment/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/22/a-radical-new-rabies-treatment/#comments Mon, 22 Aug 2011 17:43:14 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=209990 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/22/a-radical-new-rabies-treatment/feed/ 2 For the first time people are surviving the infection without vaccinations—but is this therapy too risky? http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/19/study-finds-black-scientists-less-likely-to-get-grants/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/19/study-finds-black-scientists-less-likely-to-get-grants/#comments Fri, 19 Aug 2011 16:20:28 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=210668 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/19/study-finds-black-scientists-less-likely-to-get-grants/feed/ 4 White counterparts one-third more likely to get research money http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/19/woolly-mammoth-calf-discovered-in-russian-arctic/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/19/woolly-mammoth-calf-discovered-in-russian-arctic/#comments Fri, 19 Aug 2011 15:32:57 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=210662 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/19/woolly-mammoth-calf-discovered-in-russian-arctic/feed/ 2 Species has been extinct since Earth's last ice age