by Adrian Paradis | Jan 15, 2015 | Campus, News
Though he hasn’t been in Victoria for long, UVic sociology professor Garry Gray has stepped beyond the classroom to present his research on the ethics of knowledge production. In November 2014, Gray talked on the ethics and the pursuit of knowledge at TEDxVictoria....
by Adrian Paradis | Jan 13, 2015 | Culture
A local indie video game development studio, Metalhead Software, is gaining some well-deserved acclimation after the release of it’s first console game, Super Mega Baseball (SMB). Released on Playstation 3 and 4 in December of last year, and garnering resoundingly...
by Adrian Paradis | Jan 8, 2015 | Opinions
Facebook is a fickle creature. Practically everyone has a fiercely unhealthy, love-hate relationship with it. But increasingly, it seems the lovers quarrels are not about distance, but a lack thereof. One popular opinion is that an individual’s information is in fact...
by Adrian Paradis | Jan 8, 2015 | Campus, News
Christopher Nolan’s science fiction blockbuster Interstellar affected more than just the Hollywood world in 2014 when Kip Thorne, one of the world’s leading experts on astrophysics and black holes, was brought on as an executive producer. The efforts of Thorne and the...
by Adrian Paradis | Dec 4, 2014 | Op-eds, Opinions
Earlier this month, the world witnessed what was essentially magic. Through the combined efforts of nearly 2 000 people, and almost two decades in planning, the Rosetta space mission harnessed the gravity of Mars and sent something the size and shape of a washing...