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What Is a Molecule?

21 May 2025

Surveys reveal that only 50 percent of people questioned know that the Earth goes around the sun once a year, and only 40 percent realize that electrons are smaller than atoms. That’s sad enough,...

Doctor Who Compared Pandemic Restrictions to Nazi Germany Gains Keys to the Vaccine Vault

16 May 2025

In the media’s rush to cover the nomination of Casey Means to the position of Surgeon General, one important name was neglected.

Want to Research Something? This Is How You Get Money for It

9 May 2025

Have you ever seen Black Hawk helicopters fly above the McGill campus? Me neither. Yet, there is a persistent conspiracy theory that might as well invoke their presence.

Stem Cells for Pets: Why So Little Progress?

2 May 2025

Maxine is doing it. Tiny Timon is doing it too. Nash is about to start and Sushi the pug is now “pain-free and thriving.” At a certain age, seemingly every dog on Instagram starts embracing stem...

Is Creatine the Secret to a Longer Life?

25 Apr 2025

When I say creatine, the first image that comes to your mind is probably that of a muscular, young man working out (i.e. a gym bro) but what if I said creatine may be for the grandads? While there...

You’ve Been Lied to About Rats and the Black Death 

18 Apr 2025

Rats have long been associated with and blamed for the spread of plague, a disease that has killed over 200 million people throughout the past two millennia. The Black Death, a bubonic plague...

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