Posts from February 8, 2010

Nobelmen: The brains behind the discovery of blood groups

The Prize: The 1930 Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology to Karl Landsteiner “for his discovery of human blood groups.” The Science: Modern surgery, emergency medicine, and the treatment of blood disorders are all dependent on blood and blood products. Transfusions between two people turn treatments requiring blood into simple procedures, but it hasn’t always […]

Learning from our mistakes

Making mistakes is part of everyday life, but until recently, the brain-based mechanisms behind human success and failure were poorly understood. Scientists who make great discoveries have anecdotally reported that their ideas were simply “sudden flashes of mystical insight.” This is not an adequate explanation for U of T neuroscientist Kevin Dunbar. He has made […]

Bring your own broom

LOOKING FORWARD / LOOKING BACK: Zuhair Syed

Zuhair Syed’s impeachment referendum took place from Feb. 3 to Feb. 5, with UTSC students voting to remove him as president of the Scarborough Campus Students’ Union. The decision will still need to be ratified at a board meeting. With the 2010/11 executive elections already underway, Scarborough campus students are being inundated with a new […]