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They were diligent, methodical, meticulous. They overcame obstacles large and small and applied available resources to try to achieve an ambitious…
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While modern science helps us understand the world around us, it’s the unexplained that really captures our imagination. University of Toronto’s…
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A new model for identifying personality traits may help organizations save money by improving the hiring process, and it could also help in evaluating…
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The opportunity to attend school is something that Tumaini Shoo has cherished. So when she went to Tanzania this past summer to work with six young…
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The co-founders of Toronto-based startup Exact Media, which has been described as the Airbnb of marketing, have been named to the 2017 Forbes 30 Under…
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After just five months of bike lanes on Bloor Street, a new partnership between the University of Toronto, a Kitchener-based traffic analytics…
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Across Canada and the United States, rates of overdose from opioid drugs including fentanyl have skyrocketed in recent years. The…
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One branch on the tree of life is a bit more crowded today. A team of scientists led by 20-year-old University of Toronto undergraduate…
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Few transit systems hold a candle to London’s sprawling network of trains. Its comprehensive web of rail lines serve everyone from well-to-do…
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Under explosive news reports that Russian officials have compromising information about him, U.S. president-elect Donald Trump held his first news…
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Back in 2008, Barack Obama ran a youthful presidential campaign, promising hope and change. He leaves office this year maybe a little humbler…
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It wasn’t exactly a Planet of the Apes moment, but when two University of Toronto researchers recently proved monkeys can reason about…