The under-education of men: A deepening problem
Women's enrollment in higher education has increased significantly in the past 70 years in both Quebec and Canada as a whole.
Social Sciences
Apr 24, 2023
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University of Montreal
Losing faith in evangelicalism: Sexual 'purity' and lack of conversion key issues
The impossible imperative of conversion and the unsustainable ideal of sexual purity and marriage are two of the main reasons why young Quebec adults born to parents who had converted to evangelicalism are deserting the religion ...
Social Sciences
Apr 17, 2023
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Climate change: What if diseases move south rather than north?
Observations and mathematical models generally show climate change spreading animal diseases north, since host species tend to expand their territory to wherever the climate allows them to live.
Ecology
Apr 5, 2023
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How are Muslim women who wear headscarves represented in American porn?
As Islamophobia spread in the United States after 9/11, so did the popularity of a subgenre of pornography that shows headscarf-wearing women engaging in sex. The videos are available on streaming platforms, where they draw ...
Social Sciences
Apr 5, 2023
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Scientists and maple syrup producers develop a rapid test that analyzes the quality of maple sap
Quebec is a leader in maple syrup production and its "liquid gold" is world-renowned for its quality. To maintain this high standard, the Quebec Maple Syrup Producers association has partnered with scientists at Université ...
Analytical Chemistry
Mar 24, 2023
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Chemists create nanomachines by breaking them apart
"Every act of creation," Picasso famously noted, "is first an act of destruction."
Bio & Medicine
Feb 9, 2023
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New statistical models speed up process of estimating leaf traits across functional groups
To understand how plants respond to and influence their environments, ecologists often use a series of standardized measurements called functional traits. For example, a plant's capacity to do photosynthesis is influenced ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 7, 2023
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Picturing ruins: More than just a morbid fascination
Click on hashtag #abandoned on Instagram and you'll find more than 9 million posts. For hashtag #urbex, there are more than 11 million. It's a seemingly endless supply of haunting photographs of ruins—abandoned houses in ...
Social Sciences
Feb 2, 2023
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Dust from southern Africa made its way to Antarctica within the last few thousand years
Until recently, the southern part of South America was believed to be the main source of the dust that lands in Antarctica. Fine particles, or aerosols, are often carried long distances by atmospheric circulation. This dust ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 20, 2023
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Datagotchi: The voting-prediction tool keeps learning new things
People's everyday habits may not correlate perfectly with their voting behavior. But the research team behind a made-in-Quebec app called Datagotchi has found a significant link between lifestyle and voting preference.
Social Sciences
Jan 12, 2023
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