The new Netflix documentary follows identical twins as they adopt different diets. This is a great example of a twin study – a uniquely useful research tool in science.
Libraries can be an oasis from doomscrolling and information overload.
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Though they’re sometimes characterized as attention-addled homebodies, younger people see a real value in libraries − one that goes beyond books.
The adaptations that polar bears will have to make to meet the challenges brought about by climate change are numerous and unpredictable.
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Researchers have made a fascinating observation: a polar bear used a diving hunting technique, never before reported, to capture large moulting snow geese.
The experimental methods available today allow us to break the brain down into its elementary components in order to understand its functions and dysfunctions.
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Montréal is home to one of the world’s largest brain banks, the Douglas-Bell Canada Brain Bank, where discoveries about different neurological and psychiatric diseases are made.
Interference in research has serious consequences for scientists and for the laws and policies their research informs.
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If scientists cannot freely conduct and communicate their work, the gap between evidence and policy widens, and that means Canada gets less effective laws and policies.
Archivists are needed to help users of archives make good use of AI-powered technologies for effective research.
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ChatGPT can explain key concepts and information that can help people make the most of their time locating, accessing and interpreting archives. But ChatGPT can also give false information.
Louisa May Alcott took part in a 19th-century literary culture of anonymity and guessing games.
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Translation involves more than just transferring words from one language to another. Better translations of study materials can improve both the diversity of study participants and research results.
Organoids and microfluidic chip technology are two significant advances in molecular biology.
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The project, spanning researchers across science and the humanities, looks at how ‘research assessment’ affects research in Australia.
Visitors to an exhibit about graduate students’ experiences of online hate, ‘Bearing Witness,’ look at the artwork titled ‘Evincing’ by Shanique Mothersill.
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To inform university responses to online harassment affecting graduate students, artist-researchers created original artworks in response to interviews with their peers who experienced online hate.
Giraffes face survival challenges in may parts of Africa.
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Giraffes are vulnerable to extinction, mainly due to habitat loss and killing for bushmeat markets. The good news is human actions can alleviate that danger.
How do siblings affect the size of baby blue tits? It depends whom you ask.
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Conversations about scientific research and technological innovations allow the public to build trust with experts, and understand the impacts on everyday lives.
Basic research often involves lab work that won’t be appreciated until decades down the line.
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The winners of the 2023 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine made a discovery that helped create the COVID-19 vaccines. They couldn’t have anticipated the tremendous impact of their findings.
An artist’s impression of the Square Kilometre Array Observatory, the largest of its kind in the world.
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Canada’s partnership in the world’s largest radio telescope, located in South Africa and Australia, creates new opportunities for research, but the benefits go beyond astronomy.
Previous Vice President of the Academy of Science of South Africa and DSI-NRF SARChI chair in Fungal Genomics, Professor in Genetics, University of Pretoria, University of Pretoria