The Last Scene
Last scene of all...is second childishness and mere oblivion, sans teeth, sans eyes, sans everything
Research & Ideas
The Meaning of Life?
Scientists have mapped the sequence of our genes – all 35,000 of them. So what now? U of T researchers are at the forefront of what some are calling the New Biology
The Miracle Workers
They are on the cutting edge. And they are doing their work right here. A chronology of medical breakthroughs at U of T over the past 20 years
Storm Warning
Conditions are brewing for a major epidemic of Type 2 Diabetes
Can Diabetes be Prevented?
Even modest changes in diet and exercise reduce risk for Type 2 Diabetes by more than half, study finds
Highs and Lows
The Glycemic Index, developed at U of T, offers a dietary plan for controlling diabetes
Doctor on Call
Between her teaching and her practice, Dr. Miriam Rossi has dispensed a huge dose of guidance and inspiration to minority students
U.S. of Eh?
Canadian English is not being Americanized to the extent once thought, and in fact the reverse is also happening
Cause for Panic?
Multiple chemical sensitivity may be linked to panic disorder
Virtual Thrills, Real Gains
Computer games may help children with cerebral palsy, study finds
Cages of Contradiction
Women's prisons fail to offer resources for those with addictions or in abusive relationships, study finds
Is Oscar Good for Your Health?
A study has found that Academy Award winners live an average of four years longer than their less well known peers
Why People Turn to Euthanasia
Loss of social connections plays a major role, researchers find
Crystal-clear Photonics
New optical material could revolutionize the telecommunications industry
A Financial First
New long-term debentures will help finance new residences for the double cohort
Natural Reactions
Herbs and other natural remedies can have negative side effects or harmful interactions with drugs
What Was I Thinking?
Ecstasy use can lead to memory impairment, study finds
Private Practice and the Public Purse
"We need to rethink the scope of out public health-care system," says law prof
The Travel Bug Can Kill You
Malaria is becoming a serious health threat for international travellers
Abuse Is Not Just Physical
National study reveals that most child welfare investigations are due to neglect and emotional abuse
Divining the Message
Manuscripts shed new light on life in mediaeval Italy
A Fly on the Wall, Literally
Parasitic flies may hold secret to better hearing-aid technology
Something Rotten In the State of the Arts?
Purists claim the arts should not be sullied by business. Pragmatists devalue the BA for failing to impart job skills. A pox on them, for they are all wrong. A defence of the liberal arts degree
Lodes of Culture
U of T researchers are unearthing the A-Æ-B-Cs of cultural history from medieval times to the present
Don’t Pressure Me!
Study finds that unhappy marriages increase blood pressure
Seeking a Single E-male?
Digital dating is becoming a convenient alternative in the single scene
Breast Milk a Baby-Booster
Breast milk protein jump-starts the immune system in newborns
Show and Tell
Instruction manual to "how to" film
Healthy Diets Go Straight to the Brain
Lowering fat intake is good for your brain
Rocks of Ages
Discovering the path of granite magma
Freedom 60?
Seniors benefit from public programs when retiring between the ages 60 and 61
Speedy Little Old Fossil
Oldest known fossil of a two-footed, running creature
Resourceful Device
Risk and expense of extensive drilling not required with new energy sourcing device
Alzheimer’s Vaccine?
Study by researchers in the Faculty of Medicine
C-sections Safest For Breech Births
New study comparing planned c-sections with planned vaginal births
Superconductor?
In addition to his administrative duties, the new president will continue his research on high-temperature superconductors. To do all that, he may have to be one himself
Light Heavyweights
A team of U of T scientists has won an international fight to control light and make it dance like electrons. A new era in telecommunications and computing is about to enter the ring
Ethnic Isolation
Ethnic communities risk being at a disadvantage
The Skinny on Smoking Less
New research in nicotine addiction
Fast, Safe Fibroid Removal
New treatment for fibroids
Urban Grime Rate
Study finds hazardous pollutants
A Protein Worth Probing
New research in colorectal cancer
Of Murder and Magic
The inspiration for the fanciful novels of Guy Gavriel Kay and Caroline Roe sprang from the U of T campus
A Huge Presence
Through the lens of Lee Miller
The True North?
J.E.H. MacDonald's view of the Algoma region
Zeal
William Holman Hunt's portrait of Henry Wentworth Monk
Cross-Reference
Italo-Byzantine crosses part of the Lillian Malcove Collection
More Than Meets the Eye
Glaucoma affects major vision centres in the brain, as well as eyes
A Taxing Question
Income near equal for one-earner and two-earner families with children
Painful Truth
Study shows women with severe arthritis are half as likely to undergo surgery than men
Support for Aches and Pains
U of T's Centre for the Study of Pain
Discovering Canada’s Past
Excavating sites of ancient settlements
The Benefits of Fast Food
Low-grade or even recycled food grease can be turned into a usable diesel fuel substitute
Why Drinkers Smoke
Nicotine in cigarettes can promote alcohol consumption
Pressure on the Womb
Blood pressure medication during pregnancy lowers child's birth weight
The Thousand-Year Itch
How do you get 10 scholars to wax anything but bored about the millennium? Scratch the surface of the Y2K hype and ask them to predict the future of their fields
Green Power
A 1969 article in The Varsity ignited students to start the Canadian environmental movement
Stay the Course
Researchers test perceptions of highway traffic speed
Salt-water solution
Isolation of a gene could improve farming productivity in areas of the world where crops are compromised by saline irrigation water
Food for Thought
Researchers suggest humans evolved near water before moving inland