Articles in Science & Technology

June 2009

Off the Rails

by Monte Paulsen

How Canada fell from leader to laggard in high-speed rail, and why that needs to change

April 2009

Perimeter’s Heart

by Alex Hutchinson

World-renowned physicist and social innovator Neil Turok brings his mission to Waterloo

January 2009

Getting It, Together

by Sandy Naiman

A path to mental health recovery in Toronto

The Future Has Begun

by Nora Underwood

Vertical farms will take eating local to the next level — but are they safe?

Change of Pace

by Robert Hough

Former tobacco farmers have a bumper new crop to exploit: ginseng

Feed-In Frenzy

by Chris Turner

A simple green tariff has transformed Germany. Why isn’t Canada following suit?

December 2008

Selective Testing

by Alexander Gelfand

Does Big Pharma stand to gain the most from new genetic tests for drug therapy?

September 2008

Cellphone Games

by Melinda Wenner

Does radio frequency radiation pose a cancer risk? Researchers in the largest study to date won’t say

July 2008

Skype Love

by Jonathan Garfinkel

Are we drawn closer by being farther away?

June 2008

For Sale: Arctic Sovereignty?

by Michael Byers

How losing a Canadian satellite to the US would be like losing our eyes on the North

May 2008

Merchant Scientists

by Ann Silversides

How commercialization is changing research in Canada

March 2008

The Big Log Off

by Georgie Binks

Where do computer files go when you die?

February 2008

Street Smarts

by Ariel Brewster, Jan Dutkiewicz,
and Claire Hastings

Half of the world’s population now lives in cities. How do they make it work?

November 2007

Linnaeus Canadensis

by Nancy Pick

Almost 300 years ago, the great Swedish naturalist sent an acolyte to discover Canada’s flora and fauna

September 2007

Breaking D-Wave

by Alex Hutchinson

Has a small business in British Columbia start-up built the world’s first viable quantum computer? NMA nominee: Science, Technology & the Environment

June 2007

Advanced Search

by Ali Symons

A real-life Google query goes awry

April 2007

Driven to Distraction

by John Lorinc

How our multi-channel, multi-tasking society is making it harder for us to think. NMA nominee: Science, Technology & the Environment

November 2006

The Teenage Brain

by Nora Underwood

Why adolescents sleep in, take risks, and won’t listen to reason

September 2006

Will CANDU Do?

by Paul Webster

The black sheep of the world’s nuclear-reactor family struggles to compete

Far from Home

by Monte Paulsen

Are we alone in the vastness of space? Or is the universe filled with life? After thousands of years of guesswork, humankind may soon know for sure.