Months of hard work to design and build robots will be shown off on Saturday during the 17th annual Manitoba Robot Games. Youth from across Manitoba will compete at Tech Voc High School to test out their robotic creations. Robots, some of which are named "Circuit...
An elementary school teacher from Woodlands, Manitoba is one of a special group who recently returned from visiting the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Maria Nickel of Woodlands Elementary School, or "Commander Nickel" as her students say, was invited to...
By Brian Schultz Computer scientists at the University of Manitoba have developed multi-user table top computer software that will one day be used in the classroom. Called "See You, See Me," the tablets enable computers to distinguish between user touches with...
The biggest meteorite ever found in Manitoba will go display at the Manitoba Museum on Wednesday. The 8.3 kilogram space rock, which is approximately 4.5 billion-years-old and the size of a football, will be displayed in the Science Gallery’s Space Rocks exhibit....
Students from Shaftesbury High School who launched a high-altitude balloon have surpassed their initial goal of how high the device would actually fly. The students launched the SHARP-2 balloon in Riding Mountain National Park on October 28 and had hoped it would...
Students at Shaftesbury High School will attempt to launch a balloon into outer space next Friday. On October 28, a balloon will be launched from the Elkhorn Resort at Clear Lake named SHARP-2. The hope is that it reaches 120,000 feet. The exact coordinates of the...
By Brian Schultz About 100 scientists from across Western Canada will gather at the University of Winnipeg this Friday for a conference on toxicology and climate change. The 2nd annual Prairie Northern Chapter’s Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry...
The world of science will be explored Saturday at Science Rendezvous 2011. From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., the University of Manitoba and the Inner City Science Centre will host numerous events to promote science, and offer hands-on activities and demonstrations. The majority...
By Brian Schultz Twenty-five students from William Whyte School celebrated their upcoming participation in the Enbridge Eco-Kids on Campus program Wednesday evening at the University of Winnipeg. A $25,000 grant from Enbridge allows Grade 5 and 6 students to visit U...
By David Klassen Star gazers are in for an early Christmas treat later tonight, or technically on Tuesday, when a lunar eclipse happens to coincide with the winter solstice. The effect creates an array of colour on the moon, ranging from grey to pink, or even red,...
Spaceships, secret military craft and extraterrestrial life are just some of the intriguing topics covered in "The Big Book of UFOs." Winnipeg science writer Chris Rutkowski is launching his new book on Tuesday at McNally Robinson Booksellers at Grant Park. One in 10...
By Tyler Sutherland High school students from across the province are taking part in Manitoba Space Adventure Camp this week at the University of Manitoba. The U of M is hosting the week-long event to celebrate the recent 40th anniversary of man's landing on the moon....
