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Scientists find that a surge in Earth impacts began during the Permian period, possibly because of disruptions in the asteroid belt.

These engineering students are making an autonomous electric car.

Dark matter was thought to be the glue that holds galaxies together, so how did this galaxy end up with hardly any of it?

Dark energy is driving the accelerating expansion of the universe. No one knows what it is.

“The goal is try to convert as many things in space into music as possible.”

Will Uber be a partner in Toronto?

The Vector Institute will focus on AI research and commercialization.

IXmaps wants to “make visible the secret, dangerous, often illegal forms of surveillance that are increasingly becoming part of everyday life.”

20-year-old Toronto undergrad Joe Moysiuk helped solve a paleontological mystery.

“It’s kind of ironic that we understand exotic things like the Higgs boson particle, [yet] icicles remain mysterious, even in the 21st century.”

A team of researchers is finding out how to make a better boot.

Understanding how thousands of individual yeast genes interact in pairs could expose the underlying genetic bases of human diseases.