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Walaupun keluarga polyamorous memiliki dukungan yang besar bagi diri mereka sendiri secara internal, mereka mengalami marginalisasi dalam sistem kesehatan dan ketakutan akan penilaian oleh penyedia layanan kesehatan. Shutterstock

Lebih banyak pasangan berarti lebih banyak dukungan, kata pasangan poliamori

Elizabeth Darling, McMaster University; Erika Arseneau, McMaster University, and Samantha Landry, McMaster University

Memiliki banyak pasangan romantis berarti memiliki keuntungan seperti dukungan finansial dan logistik yang lebih besar dalam membesarkan anak-anak.
Les travailleurs indépendants sont-ils seuls et isolés? Ou autonomes et libérés? Une nouvelle étude suggère que ces personnes qu’on imagine libres se sentent plutôt seules et impuissantes. Shutterstock

Les travailleurs de l’économie des petits boulots se sentent seuls et impuissants

Paul Glavin, McMaster University; Alex Bierman, University of Calgary, and Scott Schieman, University of Toronto

L'avenir du marché du travail pourrait être solitaire et incertain pour de nombreux travailleurs.
A 19-year-old first-year student from Promoting Opportunities for Women in Engineering at McGill addresses Grade 11 students in 2017 in Montréal. Progress has been made to encourage more women to study STEM since the Montréal Massacre in 1989. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson

Montréal Massacre, 30 years later: My experience as a woman in engineering

Kim Jones, McMaster University

Engineering is in a better place than in 1989. More women are studying the field, and academic administrators and managers want to hire female engineers. But more work is still needed.
Are gig workers lonely and isolated? Or independent and liberated? New research suggests despite assumptions about freedom, gig workers report feeling lonely and powerless. (Unsplash)

Workers in the gig economy feel lonely and powerless

Paul Glavin, McMaster University; Alex Bierman, University of Calgary, and Scott Schieman, University of Toronto

An upcoming study on workers in the gig economy suggests the future of work may be a lonely and uncertain one for many workers.
Although polyamorous families provide great support for themselves internally, they report experiencing marginalization within the health-care system and fear of judgment by health-care providers. Shutterstock

More romantic partners means more support, say polyamorous couples

Elizabeth Darling, McMaster University; Erika Arseneau, McMaster University, and Samantha Landry, McMaster University

Having multiple romantic partners also offers greater financial and logistical support when raising children, according to research with polyamorous families.
McMaster University’s LIVELab is a concert hall where researchers study how sound is produced and experienced, leading to therapeutic applications of music. LIVELab

High-tech concert hall measures brain waves and heart rates during performances

Laurel Trainor, McMaster University and Dan J. Bosnyak, McMaster University

McMaster University’s LIVELab is a concert hall where researchers study how sound is produced and experienced, leading to therapeutic applications of music.
Imagen tomada por el telescopio Hubble de NGC 4639, una galaxia espiral barrada en la constelación de Virgo. NASA

Las galaxias más remotas están muriendo y los astrónomos quieren saber por qué

Toby Brown, McMaster University

El primer gran proyecto dirigido por Canadá en ALMA, uno de los telescopios más importantes del mundo, ubicado en el desierto chileno de Atacama, investigará cómo el nacimiento y la muerte de las galaxias se ven afectadas por su entorno.
Une image prise par le télescope Hubble de NGC 4639, une galaxie spirale barrée dans la constellation de la Vierge. NASA / Neil A. Armstrong

Un mystérieux phénomène tue les galaxies… Les scientifiques sont sur l'affaire.

Toby Brown, McMaster University

Le tout premier grand projet mené par le Canada sur l'un des plus grands télescopes du monde permettra d'étudier comment la naissance et la mort des galaxies sont affectées par leur environnement.
An image taken by the Hubble telescope of NGC 4639, a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation of Virgo. NASA

Something is killing galaxies, and scientists are on the case

Toby Brown, McMaster University

The first ever Canadian-led large project on one of the world’s leading telescopes will investigate how the birth and death of galaxies are affected by their environment.
A migrant rests on a Mediterranea Saving Humans NGO boat as it sails off Italy’s southernmost island of Lampedusa, just outside Italian territorial waters, on July 4, 2019. Despite being rescued, migrants sit offshore, often in sight of land, as NGO boats become floating mobile border sites. (AP Photo/Olmo Calvo)

Standoffs at sea highlight the shameful criminalization of rescuing migrants

Michael Gordon, McMaster University

Standoffs at sea represent yet another attempt by EU officials to obstruct the movement of migrants by producing further bureaucratic blockades to mobility.
Author Ta-Nehisi Coates, left, and actor Danny Glover, right, testify about reparation for the descendants of slaves during a hearing before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Capitol Hill on June 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

What Canada and South Africa can teach the U.S. about slavery reparations

Bonny Ibhawoh, McMaster University

Reparation opponents who oppose truth and reconciliation by insisting that America’s “original sin” of slavery is in the distant past should heed the lessons of Canada and South Africa.
A wildfire rips through the forest near Fort McMurray on Highway 63 in May 2016. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward)

How to fight wildfires and climate change with wetlands

Mike Waddington, McMaster University and Sophie Wilkinson, McMaster University

As unlikely as it may sound, a new approach for fighting the destruction of wildfires in Canada’s boreal region may lie in wetlands packed with soaking layers of peat and topped with living moss.
Oberlin College’s lawsuit raises issues for global higher education, and has implications for U.S. President Donald Trump’s 2020 re-election campaign. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Rich private colleges in the U.S. are fuelling inequality – and right-wing populism

Neil McLaughlin, McMaster University

Is a $25 million judgement against Oberlin College going to chill free speech – or is the wealth of a publicly subsidized private college helping polarize debates about race and politics?

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