Ideas
New ideas and innovation
FRESH THINKING
Your Laptop Needs Rare Metals. These Students Have a Way to Get Them
A novel — and green — method can help meet growing demand for personal tech.
FRESH THINKING
The Science Behind Your New Kicks
The first rule of running shoe innovation is that you don't talk about running-shoe innovation
FRESH THINKING
When Netflix needed a new language for a cult of witches in Archive 81, they called John Scott
Instructor's made-for-TV language is completely plausible
FRESH THINKING
Mutual Attraction: W. A. Ranches Investigates How Bats and Cattle Can Help Each Other
One is constantly shooing away insects; the other is hunting them down
FRESH THINKING
UCalgary’s Quantum Leap
A universe-defining science is making a big name for itself in Calgary
BOOKSHELF
New Books from UCalgary’s Writerly Friends and Faculty
An accessible yet nuanced exploration of assisted suicide, an intimate, poetic interrogation of restrictive masculinity, and a look at how we might have approached 2020 and the COVID-19 pandemic differently have been added to the bookshelf.
FRESH THINKING
Something Blue
A UCalgary startup has found a way to create a tantalizing colour not found in nature, naturally
BOOKSHELF
Spring Summer 2021
Compelling recent reads from writerly faculty and grads on everything from how to get a good night’s sleep to a history of cyber-intelligence