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Ten interviews with Building 21 scholars at the Undergraduate Science Showcase.
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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.
Diving Into Winter: The Effects of Cold Water Immersion
The thought of going for a swim may seem crazy as winter approaches, but for some, the dropping temperatures indicate the start of polar plunge season. A quick dip in the frigid Canadian waters sends a shock through the body–but upon returning to shore, this is replaced by a sweeping refreshing sense of calm. Is this activity, seen as reckless by some, actually beneficial to one’s physical or mental health.
Can animals think about thinking?
An overview of metacognitive studies in non-human animals. This may make you feel guilty about killing that insect crawling on your wall at 1A.M.…
DNA Origami: Possibilities Unfolding Before Our Eyes
By: Iarina Murasan, Contributing Writer To most, origami is a traditional Japanese paper-folding technique that results in beautiful, mind-blowing little … More
Frogs as pets
(Above: The author as a young child with his father’s garden pond in the background.) by Gabriel Forest, Contributing Writer … 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
An Investigation on our love for blackboards
By: Mathilde Papillon The blackboard. This archaic teaching tool is in practically every single class of any science student. It … More
A Weekend of Engineering: MEC 2017
The Feature photo was taken from the McGill Engineering Competition Facebook page. Each year, a handful of McGill engineering students … More
This week on the PDB: November 24th – November 30th
Welcome back to another week of “This week on the PDB”, where I discuss you a very small section of … More
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