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January 15, 2007
Knowledge-intensive economies and societies of the 21st century will be characterized by a cutting-edge research enterprise, a highly educated and skilled workforce, as well as a...
October 15, 2014
“Music is a very social activity,” says Laurel Trainor, Director of the McMaster Institute for Music and the Mind.
It’s a brave assertion in an age when digital audio players in our cars and pockets...
July 28, 2014
Dr. Holger Herwig
Holger Herwig is one of Canada’s foremost experts on military history and modern warfare. He is a Canada Research Chair in Military and Strategic Studies at the University...
February 7, 2014
The Winter Olympic Games have arrived, and the pressure is on for every athlete striving to step foot on the podium. Past Canadian Olympic figure skating contenders have had Robert Schinke, Canada...
December 11, 2013
While 3-D printing is not a new technology, the development of smaller, and cheaper, machines now allows people to buy a compact consumer version at Staples. And while the spectre of criminals...
May 18, 2011
Zoom
In the Ethnology Research Room, families can learn about the history of the museum artifacts by examining them up close.
While the recent major renovations to...
June 9, 2010
Zoom
Dr. Phil Currie (left), Michael (right), and the late Protoceratops andrewsi, Outer Mongolia, 1996.Michael Skrepnick
All that’s left of the most numerous,...
January 1, 2008
Many of the nearly five million Canadians who smoke tobacco will make a New Year’s resolution to quit. For most, it will be extremely difficult, and according to Health Canada data, it...
April 20, 2016
November 22, 2010
The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) is offering up to two Canadian university or college students $2,500 apiece to tell a riveting story about science as part of its new Emerging Science...