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[Photo] An augmented reality sandbox

The Augmented Reality (AR) Sandbox was created by the joint forces of the Tahoe Environmental Research Center (TERC) of the University…

ar sandbox, augmented reality, education, geography, interactive education, keckcaves, lakeviz3d, terc, topography

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…

boeing, cfd, demilitarize mcgill, iasl, military, swpg

Apartment Hunting 101

It’s the time of the year again when we begin to consider whether we should stay at our current place…

apartment, apartment advice, apartment hunting, lease, McGill, rent, roommate

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…

2013, 3d printing, akkemansia muciniphila, cancer immunotherapy, clarity, discoveries, harry potter, invisibility cloak, organoids, pervoskite, science, space, top ten, voyager 1, year in review

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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…

lord of the rings, lotr, mt doom, new zealand, Ngauruhoe, Tongariro, volcano

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…

computers, ibm, medicine, physician, science, sloan-kettering, watson

[Photo] Glowing catsharks: Biofluorescence at work

Anyone who has heard of GFP should know that some marine organisms – such as corals and jellyfish – can…

biofluorescence, catshark, fish, nsf, Scyliorhinus retifer

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…

Eggplant, Mathematics, McGill, Shunsuke Katayama, Zero

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…

exenatide, fly sex, funding, g - Research News, golden goose award, grants, jon eng, lizard saliva, proxmire

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