Relentless warming is driving the water cycle to new extremes, the 2024 global water report shows
From dried-up rivers to flooded crops and cities, rising temperatures in 2024 wreaked havoc with water, creating ...
3 drugs that went from legal, to illegal, then back again
Cannabis for religious purposes, cocaine in wine and heroin for coughs. These are just some of the ways illicit drugs have ...
How gig platforms like Fiverr are reshaping the video game development industry
Fiverr’s game development ecosystem serves as a microcosm of larger concerns about labour practices in the gaming sector.
Continental drift: why the need for critical minerals might change the way we define Earth’s zones
Access to fossil fuels drove the definition of nations’ sovereignty over submarine continental extensions. Now we need an ...
How do mosquito repellents work? A chemistry expert explains
There are also numerous reports demonstrating mosquitoes don’t bite when they land on DEET-treated skin. This is because DEET ...
‘Wearied’ almost to death: U.S. presidents have often experienced despair amid political turmoil
For more than two centuries, U.S. presidential politics and presidential lives have found various pathways through and beyond ...
Technology will never be a god – but has it become a religion?
The cultures that have grown up around technology dominate the way we understand ourselves, our collective existence, and ...
The City Symposium: How communities can come together to address their problems
City Symposium in London, Ont., brought artists, activists, civil servants and academics together to broaden understanding about health inequity research in the community.
Death penalty – Analysis and Comment
Ever since the time of the guillotine, doctors have been at the centre of the death penalty. Joseph Guillotin, the physician who suggested the device be used in 18th-century France, was actually ...