Major stores pull plastic bottles off shelves
April 16, 2008
Health Canada expected to label chemical they contain – bisphenol A – a dangerous substance
Apr 15, 2008 08:15 PM
Brenda Bouw
THE CANADIAN PRESS
VANCOUVER–Three of Canada’s major retailers said today they are pulling plastic water and baby bottles that contain the controversial chemical bisphenol A, in anticipation of Health Canada labelling it a dangerous substance.
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Abortion hits roadblock on information highway
April 9, 2008
Apr 09, 2008 04:30 AM
Antonia Zerbisias
If you think that some of the Bush administration’s conservative politics – and Orwellian moves – in the U.S. can’t affect Canada, then you have some research to do.
Ten days ago at the University of California in San Francisco, librarian Gloria Won was running through POPLINE (POPulation information onLINE), billed as “the world’s largest database on reproductive health.” Maintained by Baltimore’s Johns Hopkins University, and freely available to medical schools, health organizations and the public, it is funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
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A love match? That’s so last century
March 15, 2008
New research into inter-ethnic unions suggests we’re reverting to a less romantic idea of marriage
Mar 15, 2008 04:30 AM
Nicholas Keung
Immigration/Diversity Reporter
I grew up in a traditional Chinese household, where I was taught my future life partner must have an equal, if not better, upbringing than mine. That mentality is embedded in the ancient saying, “A bamboo door should match a bamboo door; a wood door should match a wood door.” Essentially, what it means is you have to marry someone in the same social class if you want the relationship to last.
The Chinese are not alone in this worldview. Many Indians are still bound by caste and the arranged unions that flow from it. And acute class-consciousness is a persistent feature of British identity.
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Wed, March 12, 2008
By MARY-JANE EGAN, SUN MEDIA
For 25 years, a London microbiologist has been trying to convince a dubious world that some bacteria are good for you.
“This is why we’re alive, because we have bugs in the gut that keep us alive,” says Gregor Reid, a professor of microbiology at the University of Western Ontario.
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Where cancer-causing agents lurk
January 19, 2008
What do cosmetics have in common with cellphones? They both worry a leading cancer scientist about their potential as health risks
Jan 15, 2008 04:30 AM
Nancy J. White
Living Reporter
First off, Devra Davis won’t do the interview on her cellphone.
Call me back on the land line, she instructs. It’s not the money she’s concerned about. It’s the microwaves.
She’s also concerned about drinking diet pop, wearing a lot of cosmetics and eating non-organic red meat.
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Robarts courting UWO
February 8, 2007
Thu, February 8, 2007
The cash-strapped research institute is in merger talks.
By JOHN MINER, SUN MEDIA
Canada’s only independent research institute is talking merger with the University of Western Ontario after running into financial difficulty.
The board of the Robarts Research Institute, based in London, decided to approach UWO because research grants weren’t covering its costs.
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Procrastination is a 4 letter word
February 1, 2007
The science of keeping up with yesterday
‘To actually not procrastinate takes planning, effort and will,’ expert says
DAWN WALTON
From Thursday’s Globe and Mail
CALGARY — Do not delay. Read this story now. Although I know some of you will likely never get to it, I understand. You have other things to do. Sleeping, watching television and checking e-mail.
But it’s not your fault.
“Procrastination is natural,”
Darwin at work?
February 1, 2007
Female intuition key to correct weather prognostications by Michigan groundhog
Canadian Press
HOWELL, Mich. (AP) - Woody has something most other prognosticating groundhogs don’t.
Female intuition.
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Yep, They’re Gay
January 31, 2007
Friday, Jan. 26, 2007
By John Cloud
Zoologists have known for many years that homosexuality isn’t uncommon among animals. (My own cat has raised suspicions ever since he tried to mount a cowering male dachshund.) But I was surprised to learn recently that male sheep exhibit homosexuality at least as often as humans: roughly 8% of rams turn out to have sex exclusively with other rams.
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Small molecule offers big hope against cancer
January 31, 2007
By Ryan Smith, ExpressNews Staff
January 16, 2007 - Edmonton - DCA is an odourless, colourless, inexpensive, relatively non-toxic, small molecule. And researchers at the University of Alberta believe it may soon be used as an effective treatment for many forms of cancer.
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