SCIENCE

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Scientists @ Vic: Samuel Dumas

The Strand: What year are you and what are your majors?  Samuel Dumas: I’m in my third year, and my major is mathematics. What is your research? My research focuses primarily on invertebrate biodiversity. It’s a project in urban ecology and I’m working with the stormwater ponds in Brampton. What’s ...

Lovesick commodified

How dating apps are changing our relationships
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Scientists @ Vic: Jackson Leslie

The Strand: What year are you and what are your majors?  Jackson Leslie: I’m in my fourth year. I specialize in Neuroscience, and I do a major in Fundamental Genetics. What is your research? Right now, I am doing research in Dr. McLaurin’s lab at Sunnybrook. My project looks at ...

Life sciences programs—a rundown

Upper-year students talk program selection, experiences, and advice.

An amateur ecologist’s list of love and sex in the natural world

Highlights include penis fencing and long-distance friendships
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Scientists @ Vic: Emilie Nero

The Strand: What year are you, and what are your majors?  Emilie Nero: My name is Emilie Nero. I am in fourth year now, and I’m doing a double major in Biology and Health and Disease. What is your research? We’ve all heard of microplastics and how they’re getting into ...

Sliced, stitched, supercharged: the DIY cyborg movement

“Don’t stop at five senses when you can install a sixth one,”—a DIY cyborg (probably)

Neuralink: or how I learned to stop worrying and love the computer

Neuralink’s controversial implantable brain-computer interface is commencing its clinical trials

Sustainability spotlight: UofT Trash Team and MealCare Toronto in conversation

UofT's Trash Team and MealCare inspire change in community and campus
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Scientists @ Vic: Sara Ciganovic

The Strand: What year are you, and what are your majors? Sara Ciganovic: I’m in fourth year, and I’m doing a pathobiology specialist. What is your research? My lab studies how the brain develops and the stem cells that are creating the brain using mice models. We’ve done a lot ...