PFAS forever chemicals found in English drinking water – why are they everywhere and what are the risks?
PFAS chemicals (per-and poly fluoroalkyl substances), also known as forever chemicals, are rarely out of…
Bringing classical physics into the modern world with Galileo’s Leaning Tower of Pisa experiment
If you drop a light object and a heavy object from a tower, which one…
A guide for parents on conversations about ‘sextortion’
Sadly, a 12-year old child in British Columbia died by suicide following a case of…
Controversial claims about extinct humans are stirring up evolution research. Here’s how the mess could have been avoided
In June, researchers led by palaeoanthropologist Lee Berger published sensational claims about an extinct human…
Massive planet too big for its own sun pushes astronomers to rethink exoplanet formation
Imagine you’re a farmer searching for eggs in the chicken coop – but instead of…
Google’s $100 million to Canada’s news industry is a small price to pay to avoid regulation
The deal between Google and the federal government to resolve their dispute over paying for…
Do we live in a giant void? It could solve the puzzle of the universe’s expansion
One of the biggest mysteries in cosmology is the rate at which the universe is…
Drone fishing in South Africa is a danger to sharks and may be unfair to other fishers – study
“Drone fishing” is a relatively recent innovation in the use of unmanned aerial vehicles. Some…
A management expert explains how this model works − and how it fueled the tumult around CEO Sam Altman’s short-lived ouster
The board of OpenAI, creator of the popular ChatGPT and DALL-E artificial intelligence tools, fired…
How colonial violence in Tasmania helped build scientists’ reputations and prestigious museum collections
We might imagine that scientists gain recognition thanks to the ideas they generate and the…