Why is the toilet water in MN murky?
Water is becoming more and more of a commodity. It is estimated that by 2025, two thirds of the world’s population will face severe...
Microplastic pollution everywhere
Last Monday, The Medium attended a seminar presented by BIO434 students Lauren Ead, Matthew Chan, and Rashoun Maynard. The project, titled “Microplastics: Micro in...
Dr. Marc Johnson’s family of scientists
A research paper on the role of spines in seed dispersal was recently published in Ecology and Evolution. The authors: Dr. Marc Johnson, an...
Analyzing the 2019 Novel Coronavirus
At the time of publishing, the 2019-nCoV has claimed the lives of at least 305 people and infected more than 14,000 people globally. The...
View to the U: UTM’s very own podcast
Did you know that UTM has its own podcast? View to the U features University of Toronto Mississauga faculty members “from a range...
UTM’s innovative research greenhouse
The University of Toronto Mississauga is an institution focused on advancement in research in multiple fields, one of which includes plants. Last Tuesday, the...
The coronavirus global outbreak
On December 31, 2019, China reported a virus to the World Health Organization. On January 25, 2020, this never-before-seen virus had claimed the lives...
Mechanisms behind modern meditation
As determined from research and personal experience, meditation and mindfulness practices have numerous benefits in terms of stress reduction and wellbeing. “We don’t have...
The George Elliot Clarke controversy
Earlier this month, The University of Regina (U of R) rejected calls to cancel a talk by George Elliott Clarke, a University of...
Remembering Zeynab Asadi Lari
Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752, a civilian aircraft, was shot down on January 8, 2020, shortly after take-off in Tehran. All 176 passengers and...
On Iran-US relations
On January 3, 2020, the U.S. government assassinated Iranian General Qasem Soleimani by a drone strike in Baghdad, Iraq. On January 8, Iran retaliated...
Genetic risk markers and misrepresentation
The Medium recently had the chance to sit down with Dr. Esteban Parra, a molecular anthropologist and anthropology professor at the University of Toronto...