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August 11, 2017

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…

August 10, 2017

U.S. President Donald Trump raised tensions Thursday, refusing to back down and telling reporters that his threat to bring “fire and…

August 10, 2017

His book was just reviewed in the New York Review of Books, and he was recently quoted extensively in a New York Times…

August 10, 2017

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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August 10, 2017

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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August 9, 2017

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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August 9, 2017

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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August 9, 2017

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…

August 9, 2017

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…

August 8, 2017

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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August 8, 2017

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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August 8, 2017

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…