Cover Image: Charlotte Benard, March 2026 Article written by Carolyn Denton of the McGill BioDesign AeroCellulations Team What do a … More
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The pharma heroine: Frances Kelsey and the thalidomide tragedy
Cover Image: Lilly Guilbeault, January 2026 By: Sagit Yessim, Contributing Writer If you have ever taken CHEM 211, then chances … More
Cloudy skies could point to brighter days ahead
Future scientists could spray tiny particles into the atmosphere with airplanes. This technique, called stratospheric aerosol injection, would likely cause … More
AI spy with my little eye: The future role of artificial intelligence in medical diagnostics
Many healthcare workers are afraid of being replaced by AI in the workforce–but as far as we know, there’s no reason for medical practitioners to worry.
The quantum route to consciousness
A theory to explain how we are conscious which is so bizarre, it just might be true…
Space above earth is turning into a junkyard
Debris from past launches puts future space exploration at risk. For satellites and other spacecraft, space around Earth is a perilous freeway of life and death.
Mini brains in petri dishes
Neuroscientists are engineering “cerebral organoids” using pluripotent stem cells to mimic human brain development, potentially aiding in the study of neurodevelopmental disorders and brain tumors.
ChatGPT: An ethical exploration
With increasing automation of everyday tasks, how can we assess the ethics of artificial intelligence? by Lucy Mao, Contributing Writer … More
How a nucleic acid could hold the secret to preventing preeclampsia
by Sofia Reynoso, Co-Managing Editor My introduction to preeclampsia came from binge watching Downton Abbey in middle school, when (spoiler … More
Don’t deny it: Your password is terrible
by Viet Hoang We have all been down this road: you are making a new account and you need to … More
Let’s get ethical
by Sofia Reynoso Recently, I watched a documentary series called Unnatural Selection on Netflix. The show details how an emerging … More
On the horizon in machine learning: Identifying natural selection at work in the human genome
Written by: Janet Wilson Machine Learning (ML) is a rapidly evolving branch of artificial intelligence in which a program is … More
Observing molecular machines using Cryo-EM
In 2017, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank, and Richard Henderson for their development … More
Technology as our teachers
Technology plays an increasingly important role in our everyday lives. Gone are the times when the average person didn’t own … More
Gene-erating advancements in genomics
Over the past 20 years, the field of biology has experienced a phenomenal series of advancements pertaining to genomic sequencing. … More
[Profile] Ran Shu, the escape of senescence in human fibroblasts
Ran Shu always knew he wanted to do research, but wasn’t always so sure that he’d get his opportunity. Despite … More
[Profile] Felix Cormier, Marcel Georgin, Stephen Koelbl, and Robert Oda, development and characterization of a directional gamma-ray detector
Researchers dream about projects that go perfectly – protocols that work on the first attempt, equipment that doesn’t break, and results that … More
Paging Dr. Robot: IBM introduces the clinician’s trusty sidekick, Watson
Keeping up with medical research is a monstrous task for today’s clinicians. Masses of new data rapidly augment the already-enormous … More
“Do you even hack?”: An interview with hack McGill
Last semester, the word “hackathon” popped up on my Facebook newsfeed – a lot. Apparently, more than one of my … More
Collaboration and clean-energy at Polytechnique
Can Quebec run on only clean energy? At Polytechnique Montréal on a Tuesday night, four speakers from four institutions sought … More