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![WISE all-sky image of the Milky Way. The circle is centred on the galaxy’s central region, while gthe inset shows an enhanced version of the same region with a clearer view of the X-shaped structure.](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_750x500/public/Allsky-w-inset.jpg?h=3fcbca33&itok=758l-pwA)
A University of Toronto astronomer and his colleague — with the help of Twitter — have uncovered the strongest evidence yet that an enormous…
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At least 265 people are dead, nearly 9,000 police officers fired, 6,000 military personnel and 103 generals and admirals arrested, and nearly 3,000…
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The neighbourhoods I grew up in were middle class,” says Wisconsin-born University of Toronto sociologist Geoffrey Wodtke. “But growing up in and…
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When the world’s top tennis players hit the Olympic courts in Rio this summer, the University of Toronto Mississauga’s Alison Dias will be…
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As the director of U of T’s Global Cities Institute, Patricia McCarney is no stranger to invitations to speak at conferences. But the email asking her…
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During a trip to Adelaide, Australia in 2015, Jordan Duke witnessed her first wildfire. “We were driving over a hill and I could see a…
![CVST map of the Greater Toronto area. The red, yellow and blue circles represent the number of data points in a specific location.](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_750x500/public/CVST%20Map%20Toronto.jpg?h=afdc3185&itok=hGlC5MSL)
Mapping the City is an ongoing series on the stories we can tell about people and places in Toronto through maps created by University of Toronto…
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An astronaut holds a glass jar half-full of water in the near-zero gravity of space. How does the water look inside the jar? Does it form a single…
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On July 14, Bastille Day, 84 people were killed and hundreds injured when a man drove a truck down the crowded Promenade des Anglais in Nice…
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A report from the University of Toronto’s international human rights program (IHRP) investigates abuses of human rights faced by people affected by…
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Researchers at U of T Scarborough are teaming up with Parks Canada and the Toronto Zoo to help a threatened species rebound in the Rouge National…
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After analyzing four years of Kepler space telescope observations, astronomers from the University of Toronto have given the clearest…