The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on all Canadians, but new research shows how racialized and marginalized communities have been disproportionally affected.
Social Sciences
May 14, 2021
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A new study from North Carolina State University found that, on average, voters and local leaders showed greater concern about plastic and other garbage in the ocean after watching kids' presentations.
Social Sciences
Apr 15, 2021
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People who radicalize to extremist ideologies often are triggered by negative life events or exposure to propaganda, and those who escape from extreme groups frequently are aided by an individual or group that intervenes ...
Social Sciences
Apr 2, 2021
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Photos of Canada often show the Great Lakes, expanses of wetlands and scenic rivers. The country is described as a water-rich nation, and it is, with seven percent of the world's renewable freshwater supply. However, freshwater ...
Environment
Feb 17, 2021
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All human groups create systems for regulating cultural norms to maintain cooperation in society. Most large-scale populations employ a punitive judicial system where a third party doles out punishment. Yet, there's little ...
Social Sciences
Dec 10, 2020
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You're controlling your very own space agency at the dawn of the space age, with the ultimate goal of setting foot on the surface of Mars. Which technologies should you research? Which rockets should you build? Should you ...
Space Exploration
Nov 27, 2020
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During the smoky summer of 2018, two wildfires in Utah County burned a combined 121,000 acres, sending smoke pouring into the valleys of the Wasatch Front. Atmospheric scientists are always working to better forecast how ...
Environment
Nov 18, 2020
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In parts of Ghana there are still persistently high rates of acute malnutrition. This is despite the fact that there has been significant progress in reducing these at the national level.
Plants & Animals
Nov 17, 2020
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An analysis of ways to measure a community's vulnerability to climate change suggests that California's current method may leave some at-risk communities behind in efforts to reduce health impacts of extreme heat. Lynée ...
Environment
Nov 4, 2020
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Is an "evacuate now" text message more likely to initiate action by the receiver than "you will be impacted by a flood" in a natural disaster emergency such as bushfire and flood?
Social Sciences
Nov 2, 2020
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