The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, printing since the American civil war, closed this week – another victim to the changing media landscape. Lewis Camb wrote an emotive last blows account of the event, safe in the knowledge of his new job for SeattlePI.com, when most of his colleagues weren’t.
It comes after news that Sun Media and CanWest [...]
New plans have been made to revitalize the broadcasting industry in Canada and expand it onto the Internet and portable media.
Since the federal government slashed public funding for the CBC in the late 1970’s and 80’s Canadian television has been left victim to the travesties of advertising companies and shows that are popular and cheap [...]
A tent the size of a small cabin seems starkly out of place in the quiet, carpeted entrance of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre at the University of British Columbia.
But from January 16th to 26th two UBC students camped out at the library, battling the 24-hour fluorescent lights and the all-night security guards in [...]
Drop the Prozac. Never mind Ritalin. Lose the Lithium. Pharmacology could already be passé if neuroengineering has anything to say about cognitive enhancement.
In an excellent two part series, Wired magazine explores breaking research at the interface of bioengineering and brain science. It is at this interface that neuroengineers are finding new ways to manipulate neurons [...]
What do you do when you’ve lost your job, can’t get a girlfriend/boyfriend and live with your parents?
The results of a survey from the National Association for Business Economics shows forecasters are not united on what might be best way to revive the economy.
The $787 billion economic stimulus package signed into law by President Barack Obama will have only a “modest impact in shortening the recession,” a survey of economists showed.
Just over [...]
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