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TV Guilty Pleasure: Judge Judy

As good as quality dramas are, sometimes you want to watch something that doesn’t need much commitment – something that you can have on in the background when you’re working and not feel like you’re really missing out. For me, that show is American courtroom reality-series, Judge Judy.    In case...
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By , Apr. 10, 2016

Space Medicine at Space University? Canadian Undergrad Joins Prestigious Course

21-year-old Mississauga student, Linda Dao, has been accepted into the prestigious Space Studies Program run by the International Space University (ISU) to study space medicine. Dao, a biochemistry student, wants to study pace medicine; a field which examines how astronaut’s health is affected before, during and after space travel and how best to maintain their physical and mental well-being. The program offers its students a broad range of many of the aspects involved in working in space: space engineering, economics and law, space policy, and even space and the humanities.
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By , Apr. 10, 2016

One adaptation more: Les Misérables on stage and screen

At first glance, a hulking 19th century tome about the history of France, an ex-convict finding his faith, antimonarchism, prostitution and poverty is not an obvious choice for adaptation into a stage musical. It is (as the title Les Misérables suggests) not very cheery, and (spoiler alert) most characters don’t...
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By , Apr. 9, 2016

Why I think autobiographies are important

Nowadays, when you think of autobiographies, you probably think of reality TV stars. You probably associate autobiographies as those books that are churned out around Christmas time; one of the presents that every year your nan insists is a staple gift. With some celebrities releasing what appears to be a new autobiography...
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By , Apr. 8, 2016

Science explained: how do we taste?

We all have food and drinks we love, and a fair few that we don’t, and that’s largely down to their taste. We go through life consuming foods, and our tongue is perfectly equipped to tell us about them – whether they are sweet or sour, salty, bitter rich. But...
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By , Apr. 7, 2016