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Dr. David Kelvin, a professor in the Faculty of Medicine at Dalhousie University, works in a lab in Halifax on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020 (CP/Andrew Vaughan)

Canada’s greatest assets in overcoming COVID-19

David Johnston and Paul Davidson: As we navigate these trying times, we must not lose sight of the value of our world-leading researchers and innovators

With Trump in office, Canada must stand up for science

Opinion: In the absence of American political leadership on science, it’s time for Canada to take up the mantle

Nine interesting data points on the state of today’s Protestant churches

A closer look at the data girding a major new peer-reviewed study about the nature of successful—and failing—churches

Meet the ‘water bear,’ the world’s toughest animal

Everything about the tardigrade, or ‘water bear,’ sounds like a riddle

Canada’s science performance, down the memory hole

Where’s the spring report on science in Canada? We’ll tell you this fall.

Stephen Harper, friend of science, kind of

Paul Wells explains why Stephen Harper’s science announcement was great optics, lousy policy

If libraries close, will the books be missed?

Some University of Saskatchewan students don’t mind ditching books for study space

Boost productivity by asking professors to teach more: report

Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario study gets mixed reviews

Dalhousie plans to paint over the real problem

Why the graffiti on campus isn’t the right target

Are scientists being muzzled? A look at the record

Infographic: Fifteen years of NRC publications

The stuff of science fiction

A lesson for policy-makers from the life of Tony Pawson

‘View basic science as a long-term investment that will yield completely unexpected dividends’

Stephen Harper and the knowledge economy: perfect strangers

Paul Wells on the bad news in the Science, Technology and Innovation Council’s latest report