(WINDSOR, ON) – It’s time for society to consider a new definition of materialism and re-think what constitutes ‘the good life,’ according to a philosophy professor who has written a new book on the subject. In its standard interpretation, materialism says the only things that truly exist are matter and energy and that our reality [...]
(OTTAWA, ON) – Notice anything strange about the weather recently? Species living near you certainly have. Recent warming has caused dramatic northward expansion and earlier appearance among many Canadian species, including butterflies. Can we help them survive these changes? To help answer the question, biologists at the University of Ottawa have developed eButterfly, a new [...]
ANN ARBOR, Mich.—Students installed 10,000 square-inches of colorful hand-knitted banners outside the Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library at The University of Michigan in a "yarn bomb" project designed to display humanity and handiwork. The colorful display was for a class taught by Roland Graf, an Austrian artist, architect and designer who has experimented with installations in [...]
(TORONTO, ON) – A UWindsor art grad’s work as a paleontology laboratory technician has earned him a little piece of immortality. Ian Morrison (BFA visual arts 1988) has had a newly-identified species of horned dinosaur named after him: Gryphoceratops morrisoni. “He seemed like the most appropriate person to name it after,” says David Evans, associate [...]
(TORONTO, ON) – Increasingly, our world is filled with tablets, smart phones and lap tops. We move at a pace that would have been unimaginable only a few decades ago. Steven Conn’s book “Do Museums Still Need Objects” uses museums as a lens to explore 21st century challenges around public space and civic identity. [...]
(ASHDOD, ISRAEL) – At Giv’at Yonah (the Hill of Jonah) in Ashdod, which according to various traditions is identified with the burial place of the prophet Jonah, archaeological finds were exposed that verify the existence of life there during the First Temple period, at the time of Jonah. In a trial archaeological excavation the Israel [...]
(CAIRNS, AUSTRALIA) – Visitors to the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park are urged to watch out for marine turtles and their hatchlings during the summer months. With marine turtles coming ashore to lay their eggs and baby hatchlings making their way to the water, people are likely to encounter one of nature’s most ancient and [...]
(TORONTO, ON) – Ethan and Olivia are still the most popular names for boys and girls born in Ontario. Other favourite names include Liam, Jacob, Lucas and Noah for boys, and Emma, Isabella, Sophia and Ava for girls. Ontario has made it easier for parents by giving them the option to register their newborn’s birth [...]
(EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND) – Scottish children have benefited from 40,092 books from Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, with even more set to follow. Angela Constance met Dolly Parton in Glasgow to mark this important initiative, which sees Scotland’s looked after children receive free books every month until they are five. The Scottish Government has been working closely [...]
(COLCHESTER, ENGLAND) – Soldiers from 7th Parachute Regiment Royal Horse Artillery (7 Para RHA) have recently sailed across the Atlantic Ocean, raising £5,000 for charity, just months after returning from Afghanistan. The team of 12 Colchester-based Gunners, many of whom had not sailed before, took to the cold waters of the Atlantic for Exercise Atlantic [...]
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