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They were forged in an ancient battle that pitted our ancestors’ genes against parasitic DNA from retro-viruses. The victors: a group of…
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Whether it’s swapping your car for an electric vehicle or your natural gas furnace for geothermal heating, transitioning from fossil fuels…
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University of Toronto researchers have found that half of kids’ meals at chain restaurants exceed the World Health Organization’s new…
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Most of us drive or use transit to get to work, but Jake Paleczny, a 2012 Museum Studies grad, sometimes skis to his job as director of programming…
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University of Toronto biomedical engineering professor Molly Shoichet has been named the L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science North…
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Anyone who might be dreading the end of winter or cannot wait until it arrives again can now enjoy the beauty and mystery of icicles all year long…
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“White Poison”: Public Health and the Pasteurization of Milk in Toronto; The Power of the Needle: For Good and Evil; Drugs, Diseases, and…
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Frenzy, frustration and disappointment are what home buyers have come to dread about real estate bidding wars. They'd better get used to…
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Rufina Kim is chiseling carefully, trying not to break a dinosaur fossil she just found. Understandably, she’s nervous. You don’t want to…
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The University of Toronto has appointed award-winning communicator David Estok as vice-president, communications. Most recently vice-president,…
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It was the biggest public health issue of the 19th and early 20th centuries, known to many as “the White Plague” because of the pale skin…
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New research by University of Toronto geologists James Mungall and James Brenan, along with colleagues in Australia and France, suggests ore deposits…