Marguerite D’Youville Lecture in Science, Medicine, and Christianity
Are Science and Religion Compatible? Reflections of a Particle Physicist AARON DOMINGUEZ, Ph.D. Hosted at the McGill Newman Institute of Catholic StudiesTags: sciencemedicinereligioncatholic...
View ArticleScience and Skepticism: Critiquing Bad Research in an Anti-Science Era
SpeakersTags: scienceskepticismResearchfact/ossCategory: Biomedical Ethics Unit, Public outreach, Public lectures, Faculty of Science, Office for Science and Society19Mar201813:00to16:00
View ArticleFlagship’s VentureLabs® Fellows Program
“Flagship Pioneering conceives, creates, resources and grows first-in-category life sciences and sustainability companies.Tags: fellowshipsscienceengineering/capsCategory: Career Planning Service...
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Climate change = a much greater diversity of species + a need to rethink...
A team of researchers believe that Quebec’s protected areas are poised to become biodiversity refuges of continental importance. They used ecological niche modeling to calculate potential changes in...
View ArticleSex in plants requires thrust
Plant sex relies on a combination of prodding and a lot of communication and guidance suggests a study published in the September 2018 issue of Technology. Read more:...
View ArticleMcGill researchers share in largest investment in discovery science in...
Today, the Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science and Sport, announced more than $558 million in discovery research funding across Canada, including the largest investment in research from the...
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Why heart contractions are weaker in those with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
When a young athlete suddenly dies of a heart attack, chances are high that they suffer from familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). Itis the most common genetic heart disease in the US and affects...
View Article2018 MSSI Annual Research Symposium
We are pleased to announce the 2018 MSSI Annual Research Symposium. Event details can be found here. Tags: McGill Sustainability Systems InitiativeSustainabilitysustainability researchResearch...
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MSSI Landscapes Theme Pitch or Enrich - A Symposium for Sustainability Research
The MSSI is excited to invite you to register for the MSSI Landscapes Theme Pitch or Enrich - A Symposium for Sustainability Research.Tags: Research symposiumMcGill Sustainability Systems...
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Alterations to seabed raise fears for future
The ocean floor as we know it is dissolving rapidly as a result of human activity.Published: 29Oct2018
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MSSI Consultation Workshop: Transitioning to Sustainability
The MSSI is pleased to invite you to a Consultation Workshop for the fifth MSSI theme, “Transitioning to sustainability”.Tags: McGill Sustainability Systems InitiativescienceManaging for...
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When a city feels good, people take more risks
What makes people take risks? Not stunt women or formula 1 drivers. Just ordinary people like you and me. Research published this week in PLOS ONE suggests that unexpected improvements in everyday life...
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Melting ice sheets may cause ‘climate chaos’ according to new modelling
The weather these days is wild and will be wilder still within a century. In part, because the water from melting ice sheets off Greenland and in the Antarctic will cause extreme weather and...
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Expert: Are mosquitoes driving you crazy?
It is a particularly bad mosquito season in Montreal. "More snow in winter, more floods in spring, you'll get more mosquitoes." (Source: CBC)Published: 24Jul2019
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Interactive map shows nature’s contributions to people
Nature supports people in critical ways, often at a highly local level. A wild bee buzzes through a farm, pollinating vegetables as it goes. Nearby, wetlands remove chemicals from the farm’s runoff,...
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Mapping international drug use by looking at wastewater
Wastewater-based epidemiology is a rapidly developing scientific discipline with the potential for monitoring close to real-time, population-level trends in illicit drug use. By sampling a known source...
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Greater local earthworm diversity in temperate regions than in the tropics
Surprisingly, in any single location, there are typically more earthworms and more earthworm species found in temperate regions than in the tropics, according to a study published this week in Science....
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Science Storytelling Slam
Come join us for a night of science storytelling! Tags: scienceoutreachscience outreachStorytellingbroad science/scienceCategory: Faculty of Science16Nov201908:00to11:00
View ArticleHuman song is universal
Music, including songs with words, appears to be a universal phenomenon according to a paper published this week in Science. An international team of researchers involving musicians, data scientists,...
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