Sri Ray-Chauduri, Technology & Engineering editor By all accounts, this has been a tough flu season. According to FluWatch, a surveillance system that monitors flu and flu-like activity across Canada, there have been more than 46,000 laboratory-confirmed cases of influenza so far this season, thousands of hospitalizations, and, unfortunately, hundreds of deaths. Although the flu […]
by Sarah Ludlow Previous blog posts have discussed how small songbirds and big brown bats survive the winter. Those blogs briefly covered some strategies used by birds and mammals. But what about amphibians? How do frogs survive the many months of sub-zero temperatures? Amphibians are ectotherms (or cold-blooded, meaning that their body temperature is regulated […]
Ainslie Butler, Health, Medicine & Veterinary Sciences editor A recent report in Science described a new cancer screening blood test, CancerSEEK, that promises to dramatically improve rates of cancer diagnosis. This screening tool, developed at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, is called a ‘liquid biopsy’ and it tests for eight common types […]
Par Nahomi Amberber, co-éditrice Lois et Politique Est-ce que vous savez le nombre de fois qu’on vous a prescrit un antibiotique ou que vous avez utilisé une crème antifongique pour traiter une irritation soudaine? La plupart de gens ne le savent pas, ce qui en dit long sur le rôle que jouent les antibiotiques dans […]
Alex Chattwood, Editor, Communications, Education & Outreach People are interested in science communication for all kinds of reasons. Me, I’ve used science communication to escape the humdrum of the lab, to occupy myself when out of work, and as an integral part of my current career in science education. As with anything new, I struggled […]
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