Online campaigns in Vietnam are falsely maligning Ukrainians and discrediting the legitimacy of international organizations. It’s all at odds with the aims of the Vietnamese government.
Kindergarten teachers were tasked with adapting a hands-on, play-based curricula in a virtual environment – a nearly impossible task even without parenting one’s own children at the same time.
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Kindergarten educators who taught from home during COVID-19 and who were primarily responsible for their own children self-reported poorer mental health than those without these responsibilities.
A national dental care program for low-income Canadians plans to launch coverage for children under age 12 in 2022.
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A national dental care program is welcome news, but raises several ‘billion-dollar’ questions about how the program will work and what will be covered. Here are seven principles to guide decisions.
Executive functioning is a component of attention that helps us prioritize what we want to engage with and filter out unwanted interference.
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Research highlights the importance of daily meditation, exercise and sleep for improving executive functioning, a component of attention that helps people focus.
Children’s physical experiences help them learn new words.
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Children may hear a lot of words when sitting in front of or interacting with screens, but to learn language children need to interact with physical objects.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is seen before his government delivered the provincial 2022 budget at the Ontario legislature.
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Ontario goes to the polls in a month, and Doug Ford will likely win again. Why? Because the Liberal and NDP leaders have failed to connect with the people of Ontario the way Ford has.
With the new name comes a model for other renaming processes in the realm of reconciliation.
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The use of “gamification” in stock trading and other apps raises new legal challenges. Existing legal tools should be adapted to meet these challenges.
United States Rep. Robert Johnson, D-Natchez, centre, and other members of the House express their objections to the banning of teaching of Critical Race Theory in Mississippi in March.
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Our reliance on space infrastructure means that conflict in space would have global catastrophic consequences. But a recent declaration by the United States provides hope.
A growing number of businesses across a wide range of industries are successfully selling voyeurism to their audiences.
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Voyeurism provides a glimpse into the private life of another person to give audiences a revealing and entertaining experience.
Buddhist monks march through Saigon streets in 1963, during the early stages of a protest demonstration that ended in the self-immolation of Thích Quảng Đức.
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The self-immolation of Wynn Bruce on Earth Day in Washington, D.C., not only raises questions about climate grief but also about intercultural understanding.
Degrowth is an opportunity to recentre our economies on what really matters.
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Degrowth offers the world a new story, one that acknowledges the role economic growth has had in climate change and identifies alternatives.
The duo ‘Barlow and Bear,’ made up of singer Abigail Barlow and composer Emily Bear, won the 2022 Grammy Award for best musical theatre album for ‘The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical,’ shared over TikTok.
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Biomedical studies have traditionally used male animals and men as research subjects. That is a problem for everyone because for many diseases, there are sex differences in how they affect people.
A garbage dump fire is seen smouldering across the bay from the city of Iqaluit on July 9, 2014.
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Priority should be given to improving municipal solid waste management in First Nation communities because they currently lack financial resources, infrastructure and solid waste diversion programs.
Brenda Murphy is the 32nd lieutenant governor of New Brunswick. She was appointed Sept. 8, 2019.
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The federal government must appeal this ruling — not because it disagrees with it, but because such a consequential decision requires greater appreciation of the Crown and its constitutional nuances.
Tracking time spent on various activities reveals how and what people prioritize in their lives.
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Tracking how people use their time is increasing in popularity, but it is a surprisingly under-used research method considering how much information it can provide in various fields.
Recent research has found that CEOs with significant power discourage LGBTQ+ initiatives in the workplace.
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There are benefits to group exercise, but relying too much on a group may leave people less resilient for solo exercise, especially if suddenly cut off from a group as many were during COVID-19.
Naked molerats have evolved mechanisms to protect the brain from the effects of low oxygen.
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Some animals use microRNA to protect the brain from various stressors. Understanding how they do this and applying it to humans has potential for revolutionary treatments.
Honeybee workers gather on a frame from a hive.
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Beekeepers in British Columbia reported honeybee deaths during the 2021 heat dome. Other insects may also be at risk.
One of the reigning myths that helps maintain the orgasm gap is that there are inherent gender differences for why men and women have sex.
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Like other gender gaps, it is important to continue pushing past individual explanations and understand the gender gap in orgasms as a form of gender inequality.