Real-time crime centers are transforming policing – a criminologist explains how these advanced surveillance systems work
In 2021, a driver in Albuquerque, New Mexico, ran a red light, striking and killing…
Complicated app settings are a threat to user privacy
Default privacy settings in popular mobile apps seem like a convenience, allowing you to use…
A world-first law in Europe is targeting artificial intelligence. Other countries can learn from it
Around the world, governments are grappling with how best to manage the increasingly unruly beast…
Supermoons are boring – here are 5 things in the sky worth your time
A supermoon may sound exciting, but it’s a modest coincidence. As the Moon orbits Earth,…
Editing fetal genomes is on the horizon − a medical anthropologist explains why ethical discussions with the target communities should happen sooner rather than later
With their primary goal to advance scientific knowledge, most scientists are not trained or incentivized…
Employers should use science to optimize job interviews instead of relying on outdated misconceptions
Job interviews are an essential part of hiring. In Canada, interviews are the most popular…
Meta just closed a vital online research tool. It’s bad news for the fight against misinformation
For more than a decade, researchers and journalists have relied on a digital tool called…
what six months stuck in space may do to their perception of time
Two astronauts marooned in space may sound like the plot of a Hollywood blockbuster, but…
Banana apocalypse, part 2 – a genomicist explains the tricky genetics of the fungus devastating bananas worldwide
Did you know that the bananas you eat today are not the same type as…
Réunion is a tropical island getaway – our climate study shows that it could attract more tourists during European summers
You’re scrolling through Instagram, only half paying attention to your friends’ updates, when a photo…