This week the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a special report regarding the potential impact that a temperature increase of 1.5 °C, caused by global warming, could have on the world as we know it. The goal of […]
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For my co-op work term this summer I worked under biology professor Dr. Trevor Avery, helping his honours and graduate students with their theses and taking part in public outreach events for the Striped Bass Research Team. My week would […]
The Blomidon Naturalists Society is a field naturalists club based in Wolfville, but its interests and activities span most of the eastern Annapolis Valley. Active since 1974, the club meets monthly at the Beveridge Arts Centre at Acadia. Every meeting […]
At the end of February, the federal government released Budget 2018. The federal government has touted this budget as helping to build the conditions to encourage a more equal Canada, and as a budget that would grow Canada through economic […]
1. The Birds and the Bees The male honeybee, commonly known as a drone, is alive for one primary function; to mate with the virgin queen bee. The queen bee typically mates with multiple drone bees to ensure that […]
*This article was written with information provided by Mohammed Shameer Iqbal. Artificial Intelligence, or AI, has had a continuously changing definition over the past 50 years. An overarching approach to AI is any machine that is non-human but still able […]
In 2012, the World Bank estimated that 1.3 billion tons of solid waste are produced each year. Factors such as economic development, industrialization, social practices and location play into waste generation. Current projections estimate that human generated waste will only […]
Through careful observation, I’ve (expertly) concluded that, as budding professionals, many of us don’t value our digital privacy or security as highly as we should. It’s a right that we don’t fully appreciate until it’s been snatched away. While the […]
At the undergraduate level, a glance around most Acadia classes will tell you that our university has few problems with recruiting women. Indeed, it probably comes as no surprise that Canadian universities have more women than men graduating with undergraduate […]
You know what I like? Ecofriendly options. You know what I like even more? Ecofriendly options that save me money! That’s why I was so excited to learn that you can make your own laundry detergent out of horse chestnuts. […]
I can still remember my first two weeks in Leipzig. The excitement of being in a new place, the foreignness and unpredictability of venturing into a new city alone. The thrill of meeting new people, and most importantly, the nervousness […]
The Nutrition and Dietetics Society held a tie-dye event in partnership with L’Arche Homefires on Wednesday, October 11th on University Hall Hill. If you had an old shirt kicking around that needed some colour or if you wanted to show […]
I get it, you’re broke and so is the planet. At this point, we’re all aware of the growing pressure of anthropogenic stressors on the environment. Let’s be honest though, as broke students, the green we’re primarily interested in saving […]
September 23rd was National Learn to Code Day which was started by the Halifax based organization, Ladies Learning Code. This yearly tradition has grown massively since its inception in 2013. This year, from coast to coast to coast, workshops were […]
Welcome to new and returning Acadia students! The school year is already in full swing and as your semesters get busy, we hope that you will look out for online and print issues of The Athenaeum as your student-run source of news about […]