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Warning: Strange science looms ahead in 2017
2017 will be a year when science will seem a lot like science fiction
Perimeter Public Lecture: The power of regenerative medicine
Replay: Dr. Molly Shoichet speaks about how regenerative medicine could repair stem cells and avert blindness
Saturn’s Cassini-Huygens space probe, 1997-2017
The Cassini-Huygens probe travelled 1,275 billion kilometres from home. It circled Saturn, one of the most successful robots ever sent skyward. In 2017, it meets its end.
Why Saturn’s moon Titan is the best spot for an off-world colony
The cost of creating even a tiny extraterrestrial colony is far greater than the cost of fixing Earth’s problems
How socializing led proto-humans to develop language and culture
Evolutionary psychologist Robin Dunbar describes how the growing social brain changed humans
Newsmakers: Elon Musk and his rocket plan
Our 2016 Newsmakers: Have Elon Musk’s visionary ideas gotten ahead of his ability to deliver? Don’t bet on it.
The best and worst in science and technology in 2016
Our 2016 Newsmakers: Cutting-edge research and the big health issue that science hasn’t figured out (yet)
Perimeter Public Lecture: Making custard bulletproof
How do you make custard bulletproof? The short answer: with soft matter physics. Watch a replay of the Perimeter Public Lecture
David Miller: Why conservation needs to be king
In conversation with David Miller, the former Toronto mayor and current WWF-Canada CEO, about troubling new statistics and more