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If Canada is to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to 17 per cent below the 2005 level by the year 2020, federal and provincial governments must agree on how much each province will cut, say University of Toronto researchers.

Scientists from U of T's School of the Environment are sending that message in a report to all Canadian federal and provincial governments, opposition parties and other participants in the climate policy dialogue.

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Actress Angelina Jolie’s revelation that she has undergone a preventive mastectomy to reduce her risk of breast cancer is all over the news, drawing attention to mutations in genes BRCA 1 and BRCA 2 that dramatically elevate some women’s risk for the disease.

Writer Jenny Hall spoke to Kelly Metcalfe, a professor at the Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing at the U of T and an adjunct scientist at the Familial Breast Cancer Research Institute at the Women’s College Research Institute.

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Deep in the ocean, hot springs spew plumes of black "smoke" filled with flecks of gold, silver, copper and more.

Today they are just shadows in the water. But eventually, they'll be precious deposits ready to be mined.

Professor Emeritus Steve Scott is one of the few people to see this smokey magic at work. 

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When National Basketball Association player Jason Collins announced in a Sports Illustrated article this week that he is gay, media and social media around the world took notice.

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The robots came in all shapes and sizes to crawl, swim and fly at University of Toronto’s Institute for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS) and York University.

The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council held its Canadian Field Robotics Network (NCFRN) field trials at U of T and York April 17–23. The event featured talks and presentations, workshops, networking events and opportunities for collaborative fieldwork and demonstrations.