Research & Ideas

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Planet Hunters

With the discovery of hundreds of worlds around other stars, will we find that Earth is not alone in bearing life? Read More

Safer Births

Equipping health workers in Kenya with smartphones could bring better care to pregnant women and their infants Read More

Eggplants

Roadside Harvest

Toxic elements in most city-grown vegetables are at acceptable levels, according to a new study. But be careful of the eggplant! Read More

Bev Bradley

Breath of Life

Bev Bradley is developing technology to give hospitals in low-income countries a more reliable supply of medical oxygen Read More

Bad Drivers?

U of T study shatters myth that recent immigrants cause more car accidents than other Canadians Read More

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Marshall’s Laws

Fifty years after the publication of his most famous works, we’re still making sense of all Marshall McLuhan had to say Read More

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Mind Games

Doctors have been trying for decades to classify mental illnesses. So why do precise definitions still elude us? Read More

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Ode to Joy

Master’s student Eric Wan helped develop software that allows anyone, including people with severe physical disabilities, to make music Read More

Seeing Red

Colours affect our emotional state, and maybe our motor control as well, new research has found Read More

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Fighting Tooth Decay

A new way of peering inside teeth could find lesions before they become cavities and eliminate the need for “drilling and filling” Read More

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True North

What does Canada stand for now? Have we lost our international reputation as a nature-loving, peacekeeping haven for newcomers? Read More

Tom Rachman

The Debut

How do you write a bestselling first novel? If you're Tom Rachman, you start by majoring in film Read More