Research & Ideas

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The Sage of Bay Street

David Rosenberg warned of a financial crisis few others saw coming. So why, amid ongoing global turmoil, is Bay Street’s most noted pessimist ready to change his tune? Read More

A Shift in Perception

Discoveries in brain science are prompting new theories about how our senses work – and how they affect our understanding of the world Read More

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Debugging

A forestry prof believes a local parasite could help protect Ontario’s ash trees from a deadly invader Read More

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Seeing Disease

Researchers are developing better ways to detect serious illnesses before they become life-threatening – and while they’re still treatable Read More

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Planet Hunters

With the discovery of hundreds of worlds around other stars, will we find that Earth is not alone in bearing life? Read More

Safer Births

Equipping health workers in Kenya with smartphones could bring better care to pregnant women and their infants Read More

Eggplants

Roadside Harvest

Toxic elements in most city-grown vegetables are at acceptable levels, according to a new study. But be careful of the eggplant! Read More

Bev Bradley

Breath of Life

Bev Bradley is developing technology to give hospitals in low-income countries a more reliable supply of medical oxygen Read More

Bad Drivers?

U of T study shatters myth that recent immigrants cause more car accidents than other Canadians Read More

McLuhan at the CBC in Toronto, January 1966 Photo: Henri Daumain, for Life Magazine, Courtesy of The Estate of Marshall McLuhan

Marshall’s Laws

Fifty years after the publication of his most famous works, we’re still making sense of all Marshall McLuhan had to say Read More

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Mind Games

Doctors have been trying for decades to classify mental illnesses. So why do precise definitions still elude us? Read More