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The war in Myanmar draws far less western attention than Ukraine or the Middle East. Why is such an enduring and intractable conflict being treated...
Tying executive pay to ESG metrics is now standard practice at most large companies. But new research finds that when the scoring methodology becomes...
To study accumulative stone throwing among wild chimpanzees, researchers hike deep into the savanna-woodland of Boé — a habitat increasingly...
Canada’s wildfire aviation system remains decentralized. That model worked when fire seasons were staggered geographically. Increasingly, they are...
Research tracking Canadians through marriage, childbirth, divorce and widowhood finds that entry into self-employment can be shaped as much by...
Megalomaniacal leaders thrive when a group’s collective uncertainty is coupled with the leader’s narcissism and reinforced by a culture of...
The stark difference in women’s education statistics shows how Kashmiri girls and women are bearing a disproportionate brunt of militarized...
New research used whaling logbooks to explain why only two of the four bowhead whale populations are bouncing back from whaling, which was abandoned a...
The heat stress players may face during the 2026 FIFA World Cup could negatively affect their performance and pose a threat to their health.
Canada’s agricultural exporters face growing pressure from trade disputes that expose the risks of concentrating exports in too few markets.
We are all familiar with the built infrastructure we rely on every day. However, we don’t think as much about the critical value of nature.
By improving how freshness data is measured and shared, Canada can waste less food, lower costs for households, reduce emissions and build a more...
Canadian author and illustrator Jon Klassen has won the the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, one of the world’s most prestigious distinctions in...
Canadians deserve responsive elected officials. Right now, that responsiveness appears to be missing.
Behind the large numbers lies a mix of financial instruments that require Global South countries to repay government and private sector investors with...
Rather than a tourism event, Canada should use the 2026 FIFA World Cup spotlight to attract international talent and convert them into residents and...
Why do tip prompts feel uncomfortable in some places but not others? New research suggests it’s not about money but about the social norms being...
The Strait of Hormuz is closed for the first time in the life of the Islamic Republic. Restoring the brake requires a credible diplomatic offer from...
The explosive political climate Danielle Smith is stoking in Alberta could lead to Constitutional unravelling, further harm to treaty rights and...
Data sovereignty is not just a technical issue — it is a collective challenge that all Canadians need to start taking seriously.
Canada’s tourism industry enters the summer riding one of the strongest years on record, but high airfares, rising fuel costs and a troubled...
Poetry will not fill potholes. However, poet laureates can help cities attend to memory, grief, language and a sense of belonging.
AI poses serious risks to Holocaust memory through denial, distortion and clickbait. AI-literate younger generations may be our best tool for...
Recent outbreaks of Hantavirus and Ebolavirus raise concerns about risks linked to travel, with responses varying between countries. COVID-19 offers...
Canada’s agricultural exporters face growing pressure from trade disputes that expose the risks of concentrating exports in too few markets.
As FIFA comes to town with Saudi Aramco in tow, now is the time for Toronto City Council to revive discussions about banning fossil fuel advocacy ads.
As humanity prepares for future lunar missions and landing on Mars, we need to develop sustainable and mobile medical systems for astronauts.
Anti-Donald Trump sentiment in Canada could derail Mark Carney’s ‘Fortress North America’ strategy.
By 2100, 100 million Americans could breathe unhealthy air in the summer, seven times more than in 2000.
Donald Trump isn’t the first American president to fall prey to the allure of U.S. military might and to ignore its limitations.
We are trading one problem — not enough teachers — for another and much deeper problem: lesser qualified teachers.
News fatigue is not a personal failing, but a result of an evolutionary brain being asked to process a large volume of bad news from around the world.
If we want cities where all children can thrive, we need to create conditions where play is part of daily life, not something that must be scheduled...
Pakistan added millions of women voters in 2024, but declining turnout reveals deeper barriers to meaningful political participation.
Researchers have revealed the identities of six sailors and shed new light on the expedition that went missing more than 170 years ago.
The mass shooting at an Islamic centre in San Diego is the latest in a self-replicating network of far-right violence in which each attack is designed...
New research shows seals are being affected by chemical pollution in the Arctic food web and rapid climate-driven warming that is transforming their...
Anthems generate emotional responses, tying communities together, and deepfake, inauthentic and foreign-generated videos are part of what’s...
An organizational researcher argues that biases about who leads and who cares are baked into the structures of work itself, which is detrimental to...
The mass shooting at an Islamic centre in San Diego is the latest in a self-replicating network of far-right violence in which each attack is designed...
An AI accent manipulation tool may be “cool” technology, but it is arguably also a form of discrimination against workers whose voices are being...
Research is increasingly documenting how pervasive racial microaggressions are in the daily lives of racialized young people.
Human activity is causing large disruptions to the near-Earth space environment. We need an intergovernmental panel on space sustainability.
As G7 societies age and birth rates decline, we must invest in collaborative open science research, to optimize brain health for every citizen.
For Canada’s regulatory reform proposals to work, federal leaders need to stick to tight timelines even when faced with lawsuits and provincial...
Stem cells offer an extraordinary toolkit for science and medicine. Researchers are getting better at turning these pluripotent cells into specialized...
Wildfires can cause contaminants to seep into waterways, polluting the drinking water that communities rely on.
While contamination in soil is real, the benefits of gardening outweigh it, and there are plenty of simple, affordable steps gardeners can take to...
An increase in the number of kindergarten children with special needs since the pandemic means more children will require specialized assistance and...
New research finds that people consistently describe women as detail-focused and men as visionary, a bias with measurable consequences for who gets...