The Augmented Reality (AR) Sandbox was created by the joint forces of the Tahoe Environmental Research Center (TERC) of the University…
Sergeant scientist: McGill’s role in military research
McGill has a long and fascinating history of pseudo-military research: for example, the CIA conducted extremely damaging experiments on depatterning…
Apartment Hunting 101
It’s the time of the year again when we begin to consider whether we should stay at our current place…
Top ten scientific breakthroughs: 2013 Edition
As an aspiring scientist, nothing excites me more than a good step forward in a research field, and by those…
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[Photo] Tongariro Crossing, aka Mt. Doom
Tongariro Alpine Crossing is located in Tongariro National Park – New Zealand’s oldest national park and a dual cultural and…
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…
[Photo] Glowing catsharks: Biofluorescence at work
Anyone who has heard of GFP should know that some marine organisms – such as corals and jellyfish – can…
You are an eggplant (Q.E.D.)
I will now prove that you are an eggplant. Let We have that We can also conclude that Subtracting the…
From fly sex to lizard saliva: Why we must fund all scientific research
It is vital that we recognize the value of pushing the frontiers of knowledge, even in the most unlikely of…
