Arianne Lacanilao

Mixed-use solar and agricultural land is the silver bullet Alberta’s Conservatives have wished for

Placing vertical solar panels on farming land allows for energy production and higher yields. (Wikimedia Commons), CC BY-NC-SA The Alberta government recently announced a much-maligned seven-month...

New research may point the way towards frost-free heat pumps

A chilly winter morning, the car windshield shrouded in a thick layer of frost. Who has not experienced the frustration of scraping ice or waiting for...

4 ways to rein in China and Russia, alleged superpower perpetrators of atrocity crimes

If anxiety is in my brain, why is my heart pounding? A psychiatrist explains the neuroscience and physiology of fear

Heart in your throat. Butterflies in your stomach. Bad gut feeling. These are all phrases many people use to describe fear and anxiety. You have likely...

The US broke global trade rules to try to fix climate change – to finish the job, it has to fix the trade system

The 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, President Joe Biden’s landmark climate law, is now expected to prompt a trillion dollars in government spending to fight climate change...

London is a major reason for the UK’s inequality problem. Unfortunately, City leaders don’t want to talk about it

In recent years, there has been growing evidence that the UK economy is in poor shape. While the latest economic figures suggest it performed better as...

It’s reassuring to think humans are evolution’s ultimate destination – but research shows we may be an accident

Depending upon how you do the counting, there are around 9 million species on Earth, from the simplest single-celled organisms to humans. It’s reassuring to imagine...

Poverty in Britain is firmaccly linked to the country’s mountain of private wealth – Labour must address this growing inequality

Labour’s shadow chancellor, Rachel Reeves, has said that a Labour government would not raises taxes on wealth, capital gains or higher incomes. She does not, she...

Ukraine war: two good reasons the world should worry about Russia’s arms purchases from North Korea

US national security council official John Kirby noted on August 30 that arms transfer negotiations between North Korea and Russia are “actively advancing” as the Russian...

Temu: China’s answer to Amazon is already Australia’s most popular free app. What makes it so addictive?

If you spend much time online you’ve probably seen one of Temu’s colourful ads – punctuated by its catchy tagline: “shopping like a billionaire”. Temu specialises...