Stereotypes about girls dissuade many from careers in computer science

Stereotypes about what boys and girls supposedly like aren’t hard to find. Toy advertisements send signals that science and electronic toys are intended for boys rather...

China is actual trespasser in Ayungin Shoal: Lorenzana

Four ways to stop COVID ruining Christmas again in 2021

This autumn the UK has had between 30,000 and 50,000 new COVID cases each day, and globally cases are rising again after months of steady decline...

Management is so passé — it’s co-creation that workers are demanding

It’s time for business, political and organizational leaders to give up on “management.” Workers today don’t want to be managed, even benevolently. They want to be...

Fear of travelling: Canadians need to put travel risk into perspective

The pandemic hit nearly two years ago, and since then, Canadians’ fear of travel has been a constant theme. Tuning into daily COVID-19 briefings likely contributed...

Canada to recognize more vaccines, will soon require international students and workers to be fully vaccinated

International students, temporary foreign workers, and other exempt travellers will soon need to be fully vaccinated in order to come to Canada. Canada announced several new...

Dogs and TV: here’s what we know about how they respond

On the face of it, a recently launched TV channel dedicated to dogs seems, well, barking mad. But our pets often spend long periods of time...

Foods high in added fats and refined carbs are like cigarettes – addictive and unhealthy

Every year millions of Americans try to cut down on ultra-processed foods – industrial formulations that are typically high in added fat, refined carbohydrates or both....

How an ‘atmospheric river’ drenched British Columbia and led to floods and mudslides

The West Coast of Canada is known for its wet autumn weather, but the storm that British Columbia’s Fraser Valley experienced over the weekend was one...

Young and ethnic minority workers were hardest hit at the start of COVID, but not anymore

Governments had to take unprecedented measures to control the spread of the COVID pandemic, shutting down whole sectors and encouraging many people to work from home....