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News Highlights
First-year Science student's website provides insights into COVID-19 impacts
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CBC London Morning ,CBC News London , September 19, 2023
First-year science student Yogya Kalra was interviewed by CBC London about a website he founded that provides data-driven insights through dashboards to help the public better understand the impact of COVID-19.
Alumni award presnted to Dr. Boluwaji Ogunyemi, BSc'08
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Western University ,Western Alumni , September 18, 2023
Recipient of the Western Science Alumni Award of Achievement
Researchers have created a camera system to track the ever-increasing satellites lighting up our night skies
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Ivan Semeniuk ,Globe and Mail , September 17, 2023
When Lauchie Scott was a teenager growing up in rural Nova Scotia, a satellite was something you might expect to see crossing the night sky once or twice an hour. Fast forward about three decades to a summer vacation he recently spent under similarly dark skies when he found himself counting satellites at the rate of one per minute.
What is was like in Morocco during the earthquake?
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Ben O'Hara-Byrne ,A Little More Conversation with Ben O’Hara-Byrne on CHQR Radio , September 12, 2023
A Little More Conversation host Ben O'Hara-Byrne discusses quake challenges in Morocco and building more quake-resistant structures with Prof. Katsu Goda
The 'science of reading' swept reforms into classrooms nationwide. What about math?
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Sharon Lurye ,PhysOrg via Associated Press , September 12, 2023
For much of her teaching career, Carrie Stark relied on math games to engage her students, assuming they would pick up concepts like multiplication by seeing them in action. The kids had fun, but the lessons never stuck.
Scammers are using AI to clone media personalities for online ads
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John Vennavally-Rao ,CTV News via YouTube , September 12, 2023
Prof. Mark Daley is featured in a story reported by John Vennavally-Rao on the growing online ad scams using voice, face cloning to get media personality endorsements.
New comet makes historically close approach to Earth today, but spotting it will take some luck
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Nicole Mortillaro ,CBC News , September 12, 2023
Comet Nishimura, discovered last month, will be competing with the sun as it rises and sets
‘That enjoyment’: Western prof engages teens in world of math
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Megan Stacey ,Western News , September 08, 2023
Asghar Ghorbanpour awarded for outreach work with local students, teachers
Migratory songbirds change breathing pattern to fly at high altitude
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Jeff Renaud ,Western News , September 06, 2023
Groundbreaking study reveals how avian species are pushing physiological limits to escape climate change effects
Being bugged by wasps? They're just bored and will die soon
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Michael Lacasse ,CBC News London , September 06, 2023
The queens have left the colony and worker wasps are looking for food to keep themselves busy
Mushrooms thriving in Nova Scotia's wet summer, say foragers
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Josefa Cameron ,CBC News Nova Scotia , September 04, 2023
'There are possibly more chanterelles than I have ever seen'
Prof. Matt Davison talks about the cost-of-living crisis on 580 CFRA
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Kristy Cameron ,580 CFRA AM , September 01, 2023
A new Leger poll suggests that nearly half of Canadians are living paycheque to paycheque. This comes as the cost-of-living crisis continues to squeeze household budgets.
Ontario professor part of NASA’s geology team for Artemis III moon mission
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William Eltherington (CP) ,The Globe and Mail , September 01, 2023
Gordon Osinski has spent the last two decades studying craters left behind by meteorites. The analysis of planetary geology has taken the Ontario university professor around the world and will now see him work on the NASA team that will develop the lunar surface science plan for the first people to walk on the moon in more than 50 years.
Western grad offers field work opportunity to Black, Indigenous, racialized students
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Megan Stacey ,Western News , September 01, 2023
Weekend biology program at provincial park builds new skills, relationships
Swarms of flying ants are emerging across Ontario right now
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Jack Landau ,blogTO , August 31, 2023
Masses of flying ants are congregating in mating swarms across Ontario, just the latest disgusting fact to think about as you try to squeeze those last few days out of patio season.
Science student shoots for the stars with $100K Schulich Leaders scholarship
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Keri Ferguson ,Western News , August 31, 2023
Emma Harmos is one of six incoming Western students to earn prestigious national award
‘Alien hunter’ claims to have found material from outside solar system
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Rozina Sabur ,The Telegraph , August 29, 2023
Professor Avi Loeb says unusual meteoroid, named IM1, left interstellar metals in the Pacific Ocean
Could miniscule organisms help the world meet its climate goals?
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Isabelle Gerretsen ,BBC Future Planet , August 29, 2023
With global greenhouse gas emissions reaching an all-time high last year, many scientists and world leaders are now arguing that new technologies which can capture carbon and store it underground are needed to help the world meet its climate goals.
'Did a tree fall?': Londoners recall Sunday night earthquake
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Jenn Basa ,CTV News London , August 28, 2023
Measuring a 4.3 on the Richter Scale, a small earthquake rattled residents in southwestern Ontario on Sunday night. According to Earthquakes Canada, a 4.3 magnitude earthquake was felt in St. Thomas, Ont. just after 10:30 p.m. on Sunday.
CheatGPT
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Simon Lewsen ,Toronto Life , August 16, 2023
AI has made it easy for post-secondary students to fake their way to a degree. They argue that ChatGPT is just another study tool. Schools say it spells the end of university education as we know it. Maybe that’s not a bad thing
Western signs nuclear research agreement with energy consultant Kinectrics
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Western Communications ,Western News , August 16, 2023
Western has signed a partnership agreement to facilitate collaboration in areas related to nuclear research, with energy and environmental consultants Kinectrics Inc
Western student chapter of the Association for Women in Mathematics wins community outreach award
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Keri Ferguson ,Western News , August 14, 2023
The Western University student chapter of the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) has won the community outreach award in the seventh annual AWM student chapter competition.
How to watch the Perseid meteor shower this weekend
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Ivan Semeniuk ,Globe and Mail , August 11, 2023
The Perseid meteor shower, one of summer’s most pleasing celestial rituals, reaches its annual peak on Saturday night. If the weather co-operates, those who can escape the glare of street lights have an excellent chance of spotting meteors as they dart across the night sky.
The question mark seen from JWST image
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Ted Henly ,CHQR Radio , August 10, 2023
A question mark seen from an image from the James Webb Space Telescope has been the source of numerous memes, but what is it really? Dr. Viraja Khatu from Western's Physics and Astronomy discusses the phenomenon with Ted Henly.
James Webb Telescope Captures the Glowing Ring Nebula in Magnificent Detail
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Will Sullivan ,Smithsonian Magazine , August 08, 2023
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured exquisite new images of the Ring Nebula, a glowing orb of material strewn about the cosmos by a dying star some 4,000 years ago. Humans have been imaging the expelled remnants of the star for nearly 150 years. But the new views from Webb show the Ring Nebula in greater detail, revealing structures that no other telescope has been able to detect.
Watch a brilliant fireball shine brighter than the full moon (video)
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Brett Tingley ,Space.com , August 04, 2023
In the early morning hours of Wednesday (Aug. 2), a fireball streaked across southeastern United States skies. And thanks to stargazers in the area, the event was captured on film.
Unlocking the brain's spiral symphony: a new path to understanding brain activity
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Lindsay Kalter ,Salon , July 29, 2023
Imagine going to the orchestra and instead of a symphony, each musician plays solo, one movement at a time – a violinist during one piece, a cellist during the next, perhaps a clarinetist after that.
Mushroom hunter: A summer spent searching for rare macrofungi
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Justin Zadorsky ,Western News , July 27, 2023
Biology graduate student William Van Hemessen is spending his summer hunting in the wilds of southern Ontario, on the lookout for macrofungi. Perhaps the most recognizable form of fungi to humans, macrofungi, such as mushrooms, toadstools and puffballs are distinguishable by their visible fruiting bodies.
Astrophysicist who claimed to find alien tech may have done the science wrong
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Will Shanklin ,Engadget , July 24, 2023
Last month, theoretical physicist Avi Loeb made headlines with the sensational claim that tiny spherules recovered from the bottom of the ocean were probably of alien origin. “It’s most likely a technological gadget with artificial intelligence,” he said to The New York Times, which published a story today about the Harvard professor’s contentious claims.
Western Graduate student breaks barriers in mathematics
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Amandalina Letterio ,CTV News , July 23, 2023
A University of Western Ontario graduate student is breaking barriers in the field of math by using her skills to better her community, and contribute to scientific research.
Seeing more Canada geese than normal? It's because their goslings are growing up
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Michael Lacasse ,CBC News London , July 15, 2023
If you've been noticing more Canadian geese recently across the city of London, Ont., you're not alone. Park goers are reporting seeing more of the familiar bird this summer, especially compared to this time last year.
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Doctoral Public Lecture | Natalie Korkola - Tuesday, September 26
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