Gray jay — not our national bird after all. Yet.

Published: 5 July 2017

“We are not giving up,” McGill University ornithologist David Bird wrote in an email. “We plan to continue beseeching the government to undertake this act in any we can. Right now there is a...

How a few drops of blood led to a breakthrough in immunology

Published: 5 July 2017

Scientists from the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) may have cracked the code to understanding the function of special cells called regulatory T Cells. Treg...

Canada 150: Its contributions to the world

Published: 4 July 2017

"McGill University's Vicky Kaspi spends her time probing the mysteries of the universe. Kaspi has won a number of awards for her work, and was the first woman to win the Herzberg Canada Gold Medal...

Painful memories could be erased, new study says

Published: 4 July 2017

"Depending on how you remind the person, you might be able to erase different aspects of the memory," said Wayne Sossin of the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital at McGill University,...

An emphasis on indigenous law could help shape a future that’s brighter than our past

Published: 28 June 2017

The joint degree will be taught by comparing and contrasting indigenous peoples’ legal traditions with those of common law. The four-year program will include classroom and community-based...

No detectable limit to how long people can live

Published: 28 June 2017

Emma Morano passed away last April. At 117 years old, the Italian woman was the oldest known living human being....

For Millennials, thinking and emotions are equals -- more or less

Published: 27 June 2017

"Given their postmodern worldview, the millennial generation believes that organizations can grow and prosper through greater emotional openness. They also perceive negative emotions as having the...

About, pasta, drama: Canuck actors on the words that bring out their accent

Published: 27 June 2017

According to Charles Boberg, an associate professor of linguistics at McGill University, there are two main differences in Canadian English pronunciation of vowels. "One of them is called 'Canadian...

Canada is placing bets on 'open science' to drive innovation

Published: 27 June 2017

The “Neuro”, as the institute is known, hopes its six-month-old open-science experiment will attract more private venture capital, create jobs and lure companies back to the city’s shrunken medical...

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