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Which genetic changes predispose to disease? How do characters in a novel relate to each other? Which wine and cheese go well together? Turns out,…
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Whether you are driving or hopping in an Uber, you probably depend on a navigation app to get where you need to be. But as handy as these tools…
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The manufacturing industry is changing. Jobs that once relied on individuals to carry out manual labour are increasingly turning to automation because…
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With condo construction booming in Toronto, it’s important to not forget about community centres and parks, University of Toronto researcher Jeff…
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This past August, six months after the contentious breakdown of talks between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un and mere…
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Collaborations between public institutions and large global companies often raise understandable concerns, but the challenges posed by such…
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Getting a snapshot of a country’s health statistics is as easy as using surveys about people’s cause of death and disability, along with…
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Nearly five per cent of Canada’s carbon footprint is generated by the health-care system. For Fiona Miller the irony of being part of the…
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Ice cover in a marine protected area in the Far North – potentially the last refuge for Arctic animals that depend on sea ice for their…
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When it comes to using robots to help the elderly, the future is almost here. That’s according to University of Toronto robotics…
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University of Toronto researchers are looking into the effects of the billions of environmentally harmful microfibres that end up in Toronto’s…
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Philanthropists and business leaders Gerald Schwartz and Heather Reisman joined University of Toronto President Meric Gertler, Chancellor Rose Patten,…