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May 2008

Merchant Scientists

by Ann Silversides

How commercialization is changing research in Canada

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

November 2006

The Teenage Brain

by Nora Underwood

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

June 2005

Totally Genius

by Dan Falk

The smartest scientists in the world still haven’t solved a basic question: are minds like Shakespeare, Mozart, and Einstein born or made?

April 2004

Mapping the Blues

by Mark Witten

Looking deep inside the brain to expose and illuminate the dark, hidden pathways of depression.

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