After years of needlessly conducting countless Pap tests and subsequent follow-up exams on low-risk women, North American health organizations are finally moving to replace antiquated cervical cancer screening policies. Wait a minute…what? Antiquated?… Read More
So, my face was on the front page of Metro yesterday. The only reason I’m saying this so nonchalantly is because it’s still kind of surreal. I mean, I saw myself while sitting… Read More
Technophiles miss out on the message of a transient, ancient art Originally published in The Ubyssey & theubyssey.ca on Nov. 19, 2009 || Culture Listen to the audio version of this story For seven… Read More
| I first saw Lindsey Hoshaw (aka the “garbage girl”) on a big screen in a dimly-lit dining room. Before an audience of scientists and journalists, Erika Check Hayden played Hoshaw’s video as… Read More
They may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one. There are, it seems, at least 100 of us in Vancouver! Let’s rewind: it all started yesterday when I heard about… Read More
I want to try and draw some parallels, but before this is possible we need a common text. _ This fascinating podcast is about a community of baboons that Robert Sapolsky, biologist and neurologist, studied… Read More
BY FABIOLA CARLETTI CONTRIBUTOR This article was originally published in The Ubyssey When Jennifer Matchett says things need to change, she means business. Matchett is the co-director of the Commerce Undergraduate Society’s committee… Read More
At dinnertime, the cook at my college residence always gives me the same puzzled squint. As his hand hovers between two different serving utensils, he strains to categorize me, then asks one of… Read More
