} July 25, 2024
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Mark Lynas on GMOs, science denialism, evidence-based policy, and saving the planet
January 2013, amid a chorus of controversy, Mark Lynas—high profile environmental writer, activist, and researcher—publicly renounced and apologized for his anti-GMO (genetically modified organism) position, at the Oxford Farming Conference. Though Lynas reversed...![Scientific breakthrough on fart-blame transferral methods](https://martlet.ca/martlet.ca/uploads/2014/02/HUM_Fart-science_UCL-Mathmatical-and-Physical-Sciences-via-flickr.jpg)
Scientific breakthrough on fart-blame transferral methods
HUMOUR—A new ground-breaking study from the Canadian Research Alliance Project shows that those who smell gas in a social setting are, in fact, responsible for its onset. The study reports that in 94 per cent of cases, whoever smelled it dealt it, while whoever did...![Rethinking Justin Trudeau](https://martlet.ca/martlet.ca/uploads/2014/02/OPI_Justin_Emily-Thiessen.jpg)
Rethinking Justin Trudeau
Justin Trudeau is an affable politician whose idealism—which is barely containable at times—is increasingly tempered by a self-conscious pragmatism. Is he a leader though? Whether Trudeau lacks substance—a favourite topic of the Canadian media—is moot and relative....![The bewildering Mr. Harper](https://martlet.ca/martlet.ca/uploads/2014/01/OPI_Harper_UniversityofSaskatchewan-Flickr.jpg)