Nathaniel Tok
Olympic News Beats
February 16, 2018By: Nathaniel Tok, Peak Associate Possible cyber attack during Olympics opening ceremony A potential cyber attack that may have occurred during the opening ceremony of the PyeongChang Olympics is being investigated by organizers. Local media reported problems with non-critical systems, but the organizers have said it is too soon to tell if it is due to a cyber attack. The system glitches may also have caused failure to deploy drones during the ceremony. The problems have not had an impact on events or the safety or security of the athletes. The opening ceremony was attended by government officials, including Kim Jong…
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Dogspotting at SFU
February 12, 2018Photographed by Nathaniel Tok Commentary provided by Professional Dog Experts (a.k.a. The Peak Staff) Name: Isis Breed: Husky Spotted: January 8 Janis McMath: NEVER stop this, Isis. 10/10. Yuri Zhou: Huskies are my favourite dogs, especially with those eyes. Natasha…
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Data to fight asthma and shark extinction
February 10, 2018By: Nathaniel Tok, Peak Associate Fighting chronic disease with a database Molecular biology and biochemistry professor Fiona Brinkman and her team of genomics and bioinformatics researchers are creating a database to help to prevent allergies, asthma, and other chronic diseases. As…
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World News Beats
February 9, 2018By: Nathaniel Tok, Peak Associate Canadian senate passes bill for gender neutral anthem lyrics The Senate passed a bill making Canada’s national anthem gender neutral. The House of Commons had passed a bill in 2016 changing “in all thy sons command” to…
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SFU researchers tackle HIV
February 4, 2018By: Nathaniel Tok, Peak Associate Are the sexual rights of women with HIV ignored? In a paper titled “The Problematization of Sexuality among Women Living with HIV and a New Feminist Approach for Understanding and Enhancing Women’s Sexual Lives,” SFU…
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The latest world news on sex, sexuality, and gender
February 2, 2018By: Nathaniel Tok, Peak Associate Embarrassment causes young women to miss smear tests A survey done by the British charity Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust suggests that young women avoid smear tests because they are reportedly embarrassed by their pubic areas. Smear tests…
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SFU researchers weigh in on the Vancouver housing market
February 2, 2018By: Nathaniel Tok The rising housing prices in the Greater Vancouver region continues to be a hot local topic early in 2018, and SFU researchers are weighing in with their own analysis of the data. Andy Yan, director of the…
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The cosmological constant might not be constant, and neither is baby talk
February 1, 2018By: Nathaniel Tok SFU physics study questions cosmological constant SFU physicist Levon Pogosian has shown that dark energy might not be considered the cosmological constant through an international study on dark energy that he co-led. Dark energy is the energy…
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World News Beats
January 26, 2018By: Nathaniel Tok Baghdad hit by twin suicide bombings Two suicide bombings occurred in Iraqi capital Baghdad on Monday, killing 38 people and causing tensions as the country prepares for national elections to be held in May. The bombers hit…
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World News Beat
January 20, 2018By: Nathaniel Tok Vancouver to host Korea talks Representatives from 20 nations will attend a conference in Vancouver to discuss how to forestall North Korea’s nuclear ambitions. The talks comes as tensions on the peninsula ease following talks between North…
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