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Why does U of T love today's Google doodle on the birth of hip hop? Check out these four reasons: An ethnography of an open mic workshop…
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U.S. President Donald Trump raised tensions Thursday, refusing to back down and telling reporters that his threat to bring “fire and…
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His book was just reviewed in the New York Review of Books, and he was recently quoted extensively in a New York Times…
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A team of paleontologists affiliated with the University of Toronto and the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) discovered a 76-million-year-old armoured…
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Cities around the world are growing bigger and taller faster than ever before. By 2050 the United Nations estimates, 6.3 billion people – or 67…
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Here's a new take on the link between facial features and leadership: a U of T study examines U.S. law firms and the less reputable…
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If you haven't heard already, on Aug. 21 people across North America will be able to witness an incredible cosmic phenomenon – the solar…
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Salma Hindy, who is pursuing a master's degree in clinical engineering at U of T, explains how she found her voice as a comedian by embracing her…
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Peter St George-Hyslop, one of the world’s top neurodegenerative disease researchers, has won the 2017 Ryman Prize in recognition of his more than 30…
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For cancer patients, understanding the odds of a treatment’s success can be bewildering. The same drug, applied to the same type of cancer, might…
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A molecule responsible for activating the body’s pain receptors has been identified by a U of T neuroscientist and an international team of…
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Kids should be putting down the screens, and putting on the sun screen, says Dr. Paul Cantarutti, an assistant professor at the department of family…