Aboriginal oral traditions stretch back more than 12,000 years
Content note: this article mentions genocide and acts of colonial violence against Aboriginal people. How…
Why Canadians are no longer afraid of the ‘big bad wolf’
Who is afraid of the big bad wolf? Turns out, fewer Canadians than you might…
How ChatGPT might be able to help the world’s poorest and the organisations that work with them
ChatGPT has been touted as a tool that is going to revolutionise the workplace and…
Why does your hair curl in the summer? A chemist explains the science behind hair structure
If you have curly hair, you know that every day is a new adventure. What…
Gut microbes are the community within you that you can’t live without – how eating well can cultivate your microbial and social self
The age-old adage “you are what you eat” holds profound truth. Nearly every molecule in…
Genetically engineered bacteria can detect cancer cells in a world-first experiment
As medical technology advances, many diseases could be detected, prevented and cured with cells, rather…
Is there new physics beyond the Standard Model of particle physics? Our finding will help settle the question
Despite its tremendous success in predicting the existence of new particles and forces, the Standard…
Lab-grown ‘ghost hearts’ work to solve organ transplant shortage by combining a cleaned-out pig heart with a patient’s own stem cells
Heart disease is the leading cause of death worldwide. The World Health Organization estimates that…
Elon Musk aims to turn Twitter into an ‘everything app’ – a social media and marketing scholar explains what that is and why it’s not so easy to do
Elon Musk’s recent rebranding of Twitter as X is a step toward the CEO’s goal…
How drugs can warp your sense of time
Imagine a world where you could control your sense of time. Where trips to the…