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Ivan Semeniuk
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Journalist covering the universe and its inhabitants.
Science reporter for Canada's national newspaper The Globe and Mail.
Piano player with an inordinate fondness for E♭.
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University of Alberta’s David Wishart wins top Canadian science prize
October 30, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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How ‘Frosty,’ a rhino fossil dug up in Nunavut, complicates the story of how mammals roamed the Earth
Researchers, comparing bones from Canada’s High Arctic with European species, rethink how prehistoric life went from continent to continent
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October 28, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Neutrino results offer possible clue as to why matter exists
Two research teams that study neutrinos, the featherweights of the particle world, published their results in Nature this week
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October 22, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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Clearest signal yet rattles gravitational wave detector at risk from Trump budget cut
Signal confirms Einstein’s theory of general relativity
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September 10, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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UBC experiment aims to reignite cold fusion nuclear quest
Scientists are split on the significance of the Thunderbird reactor, the first verified case of electrochemically enhanced nuclear fusion
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August 20, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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For years, the notion that Canada should develop its own domestic space launch capability has been met with "we don't do that here." Today a group of Concordia engineering students came closer than anyone else this century to proving the naysayers wrong. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
Concordia University student rocket makes history but falls short of reaching space
Starsailor marks first ever student-led launch to receive approval from Transport Canada and first attempted space launch in country since 1998
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August 15, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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For Canada, science and the world, AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton’s Nobel moment signals a pivotal shift
For the first time, four Nobel laureates, including Canada’s Geoffrey Hinton, are being honoured for work directly related to artificial intelligence. If anyone still needed a sign that AI has arrived...
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December 9, 2024 at 2:45 PM
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I wrote this story back when the Canadian Science Policy Conference turned 10. Now the meeting is 16 and just as necessary and important a forum as ever. #CSPC2024
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Marrying science and politics: The Canadian conference where politicos and researchers swap ideas
A decade ago, the conference’s creator, Mehrdad Hariri, first began dreaming of a public forum in Canada where scientists and policy-makers could meet
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November 22, 2024 at 8:10 PM