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Genome mapping for fun and profit

Meghna Marjadi

Spend, swab, send-within days, you can unlock secrets of your ancestry, your susceptibility to certain diseases and the probability that your future children will have your eye colour.

X VS Y: Juno vs. Knocked Up

A battle of unwanted pregnancies

JUNO The mother: 16-year old high school student Juno (played by Ellen Page). The father: Juno's 16-year old classmate and avid long-distance runner Paulie Bleaker (played by Michael Cera of Arrested Development fame). Place of conception: A chair. Number of times the protagonist takes a pregnancy test: Three.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Curried rice'n'salmon

You can make friends with salad

Lindsay Frank

Bright pink salmon, mixed vegetables, dark red cranberries and curried rice make for a visually pleasing and equally tasty chilled rice salad. Ingredients 3 cups water 1 cup brown rice 2 tsp curry powder 1 tsp ground cumin 1 cup frozen peas ½ cup frozen mixed vegetables ½ cup dried cranberries 213g canned salmon, drained and flaked Dressing: ¼ cup white wine vinegar 2 tbsp olive oil 2 tbsp water 2 tsp curry powder Salt and pepper Steps Put rice and water into a pot with a lid; bring to a boil and add curry powder and cumin.

TECH: Monkey, dog or fish?

Buying and using your cell phone

Conor Graham

If you don't have a cell phone now, you'll probably end up folding like a silk tie and getting one anyway. When that day comes, these words of wisdom will aid you in the process. There are two competing schools of technology in Canada: GSM, which is Fido and Rogers and CDMA, which is Bell and Telus.

SILHOUETTE: Ride into winter with the McGill Snowboard Club

Yes, skiers are allowed

Carolyn Yates

The McGill Snowboard Club started as a voicemail based carpool of about 25 members; now, it has evolved into an online system with over 400 members. Roughly 200 participate each week, visiting a different hill each time, depending on the snow conditions. Aside from weekly day-trips, they also run two over-night trips, one in January and one in March.

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