Arianne Lacanilao

Voter ID: most people are terrible at matching faces to photos, making polling checks unreliable

On Thursday May 4, for the first time, members of the public voting in local council elections in England were required to bring photo ID to...

Cold water therapy: what are the benefits and dangers of ice baths, wild swimming and freezing showers?

  Immersion in cold water is definitely an activity that divides people – some love it others hate it. But many now practice it weekly or...

Coronation arrests: how the new public order law disrupted protesters’ once in a lifetime opportunity

London’s Metropolitan police were keen to portray the coronation of King Charles III as a once in a generation event justifying the pre-emptive, early morning arrests...

Queen Charlotte: what the Bridgerton spin-off gets right (and wrong) about the real queen consort

Warning: the following article contains spoilers for Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story. Netflix’s period drama, Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, makes no pretence of historical accuracy....

What does ending the emergency status of the COVID-19 pandemic in the US mean in practice? 4 questions answered

George Santos indicted on fraud, money laundering and other criminal charges – 3 essential reads

Even by today’s low ethical standards for politicians, George Santos is quite exceptional. The U.S. representative for New York’s 3rd Congressional District has been accused of...

FDA’s approval of the world’s first vaccine against RSV will offer a new tool in an old fight – 4 questions answered

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the world’s first vaccine to prevent the respiratory infection RSV, short for respiratory syncytial virus, on May 3, 2023....

: Turkey’s opposition leader is leading in the polls, here’s what you need to know

Turkey’s general election on Sunday, May 14 will see voters cast their ballots for 600 members of its parliament and the country’s powerful presidency. This election...

How colonial racism fuels Saskatchewan’s criminalization of Indigenous men

Boden Umpherville, a 40-year-old Indigenous man, recently died following a brutal altercation with Saskatchewan’s Prince Albert Police Service during his arrest. Twenty-five days before his death,...

Forest fires: North America’s boreal forests are burning a lot, but less than 150 years ago

Satellite image of a forest fire in July 2021 in northern Saskatchewan (Wapawekka Hills). The image covers an area of about 56 kilometres in width and...