Hank brings us the story of Gregor Mendel, the Austrian monk who, with the help of a garden full of pea plants, discovered the fundamental properties of inheritance and paved the way for modern genetics. He also gives us the dirt on a...

Is the aptitude for business (the legal kind) distributed among convicted criminals as it is in the general population? One seasoned executive thinks so, and believes that by hiring the cream of the ex-con crop, his company will have a...

Many Americans are preparing for Thanksgiving dinner, but food prices are high on everything from turkey to staples like butter and flour. Stephanie Sy recently spent a day in the San Diego area following one food blogger making her...

Jessi and Squeaks are learning more about the redwoods, and all the different animals that live in the different layers!



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A little over a decade ago, a neuroscientist found "significant activation" in the neural tissue of a dead fish. While it didn't prove the existence of zombie fish, it did point out a huge statistical problem.

Paul Andersen describes how cell communication is used in both single-celled and multicellular organisms. He starts by describing the symbiotic relationship between the bobtail squid and the bacteria Vibrio fisheri. He explains how...

NASA spend lots of money and time to create a pen that could use in space, on the other hand, their rival Soviet just used a pencil' You've probably heard this story, but is it true? Here is the truth about the space pen!

The COGNITIVE INTERVIEW was created by Geiselman and Fisher in a bid to improve the quality of eye witness testimony. The Cognitive Interview has four distinct retrieval techniques at its core:

1) Re-establishing the...

On May 23, 2017, NASA astronauts Peggy Whitson and Jack Fischer took an urgent and unplanned spacewalk to replace a broken data relay box outside of the International Space Station. The problematic device, known as a...

St. Paul Island, a small fishing community in the Bering Sea, relies heavily on halibut stocks, is struggling as fish trawlers damage the halibut supply. As these industrial boats trawl for various types of fish, they often unintentially...

If I had to pick one CLASSIC book in the field of negotiation, then I'd undoubtedly choose Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement without Giving in by Roger Fisher & William Ury

In part 5 of this INET interview, Sylvia Nasar discusses the current state of economics. She suggests that despite its recent failures to predict and understand the financial crisis, the economics profession is still vibrant. While much...

In part 4 of this INET interview, Sylvia Nasar discusses how Joseph Schumpeter and Friedrich von Hayek challenged the economics of Keynes in the early-to-mid 20th century. However, their work fell in the face of empirical evidence,...

Space. It's the final frontier and one of the great unknowns for mankind. But you probably don't even know what you don't know about it. So sit back and find out why your 4th grade science teacher was probably completely off.

Joschka Fischer, Former Foreign Minister, Germany, speaks on panel, entitled "Which Way Forward: Reflections on Global Turmoil and the Role of Markets, Governments, and Civil Society" at the Institute for New Economic Thinking's (INET)...

In part 3 of this INET interview, Sylvia Nasar discusses the work of Keynes and Irving Fisher and how they changed the field of economics in the early 20th century. Their ideas on monetary economics introduced the idea that the economy...

In this episode of On Location, Director Mark Vins takes you along on a scouting expedition in the country of Iceland!

Here we look at some psychological field experiments, such as Hofling's study of nurse obedience, Fischer's test of the cognitive interview and the Pilliavins' research on samaritanism, to show what they offer psychologists compared to...

Christian Zeppieri converted a penalty kick in extra time hands York University Lions a 1-0 win over Mount Royal University in the men's U Sports soccer championship gold medal game.

Suffolk County Police Officer Brendan Gallagher told the court that his life has now been “altered forever” by Cody Fisher’s actions.

The federal government has announced close to $1 million in funding to strengthen P.E.I.’s shellfish industry, which has been hit hard by diseases – but none of the money is going directly to fishers. As CBC’s Wayne Thibodeau reports,...

Gambian crews on international trawlers fishing on the country's shores have become the accidental targets of local fishermen's anger, whose livelihoods are threatened by the foreign vessels' aggressive fishing strategies.

CBC's Kim Brunhuber looks at the life and career of the actress best known for her iconic role as Princess Leia in the Star Wars films

Tributes continue to pour in for the Star Wars actress Carrie Fisher who died on Tuesday....