On Feb. 21, Health Canada was supposed to decide on imposing a phase-out of a neonicotinoid insecticide — imidacloprid — because of its threat to insects and wetland ecosystems. The consultation period was then…
On Jan. 25, President Donald Trump announced a temporary media and funding black-out that effectively gagged federal science agencies (including the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Health Department)…
Grey waves crash against a lone buoy off the coast of Vancouver Island. Pale sunlight glitters across the Pacific and stretches far into the distance — a silver blend of sea and…
For most students at UVic, the focus of their studies remain grounded. But one UVic club — UVic Rocketry — is getting ready for takeoff. And while the team’s ambitions are astronomical, their beginnings…
Tonight at 7 p.m., UVic’s Farquhar Auditorium is hosting a panel discussion dedicated to the caped crusader himself, Batman. Yes, really. An Evening with Batman’s Brain is the brain-child of UVic’s own…
When picturing a seaworthy canoe, concrete generally isn’t part of the equation. But for a group of University of Victoria Civil Engineering students, the idea’s starting to hold water. The…
On July 14, NASA’s New Horizons probe made its closest approach to Pluto, marking the culmination of years of research, planning, and space flight. Like sailor’s tales of newly discovered…
On Jan. 29, Canadian data-visualization blog The 10 and 3 published an informal study on female Canadian university professors in three departments, comparing the top 20 largest research universities. The University…
The Rosetta space mission harnessed the gravity of Mars and sent something the size and shape of a washing machine a cumulative distance of over 6.4 billion kilometres. However, the…
