The science behind seasonal allergies
What’s with all those allergens that come with the great outdoors?
Tag: Science & Technology
Are paper receipts a dying practice in a modern era?
Receipt digitization should move to be the norm among businesses as research continues to show the negative environmental and health impacts of physical receipts.
York community reacts to two-factor authentication
York’s two-factor authentication receives mixed reactions amongst students, faculty, and staff.
York University Robotics Society’s upcoming projects
York University Robotics Society (YURS) sheds some light on robotics as a whole and explains their vision, including hopes to send their next rover to Mars.
Taking a look at deepfakes
Deepfakes, the technology responsible for face swapping, provides a fair share of positive and negative uses.
New lifeforms found deep beneath Antarctic ice
Scientists have discovered mysterious new lifeforms similar to sponges in a supposedly inhabitable environment in Antarctica.
York and University of Toronto researchers work on plan for cryptocurrency to go mainstream
The proposal is part of a nationwide design challenge for a Bank of Canada cryptocurrency.
Conservationists implore public to stop milking psychedelic toads
‘Toad licking’ describes the phenomena of consuming the psychedelic compound 5-MeO-DMT by way of milking the Sonoran desert toad.
York Observatory holds virtual party for Perseverance rover’s historic Mars landing
The event marks the successful landing of NASA’s fifth Mars rover.
What is love?
As Valentine’s Day rolls around, we’ll be taking a look at what really goes on inside our brains when we feel the powerful emotion of love.