Say no to a carbon tax, for the sake of your children
Research shows that only those born 45 years after a carbon tax is implemented will see any benefits that outweigh higher energy prices…
Planting the seeds for broader understanding of food’s origins
In the retail food business, customers have plenty of questions about how their food is produced. The answers often surprise them. Interest groups are taking advantage of people's ignorance about GMOs in their messaging…
Into the great wide open: Nova Scotia’s space ambitions
A planned spaceport on the East Coast would launch eight satellite-carrying rockets annually by 2022…
The biology behind learning and memory
What happens inside the human brain when a person learns new behaviour…
Green enviro-dreams based on fantasy, not science
Energy analyst Mark Mills says we're decades away from renewables providing 100% of the power that drives our economy…
Reasoned skepticism about climate change is healthy
Let’s not deal with the grim science of cynical political marketing and hyperbole. Instead, we should rigorously adjudicate all belief…
Brain scan studies shed light on ADHD
It's increasingly clear that ADHD is not just the result of bad parenting, but a disorder with biological and genetic contributors…
Using genes to attack disease with precision
Pharmacogenomics, a mixture of the pharmaceutical and genetic sciences, holds vast potential for health care…
Tips to weaning yourself from technology dependency
You really don't need to be in contact with everyone 24-7…
Nutrition advice from celebrities trumps new food guide
There are far too many barriers to following Canada’s Food Guide, including the Gwyneth Paltrow effect…