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Visual footage — even that created by journalists and civilians to document conflict and hold nations accountable — can now become raw material for weapons development.
How does a dolphin or seal even get bird flu? Most likely through contact with sick birds – or eating their carcasses.
Trump waded intro controversial territory with his comments in Ireland.
Reducing the number of people on student and graduate visas may reduce migration numbers, but it could also weaken demand for Australian goods and services.
The rush to build data centres brings investment and the promise of a sophisticated digital economy. But it also creates new pressure on housing and skilled workers.
Like many food debates, this one is tangled up in culture, history and power.
Some women can’t take hormone replacement therapy to alleviate hot flashes and night sweats. This medication is one alternative.
Bacteria have transformed some viruses — now called gene-transfer agents — into a means of exchanging genetic material among themselves.
Pittsburgh helped pioneer the polio vaccine. Now, as measles cases rise across Pennsylvania, an epidemiologist explains the disease and the vaccine that prevents it.
Governments can curb corporate power. But first we need to understand how corporate law allows private ventures to accumulate power that can endure for generations.
An Anishinaabe storyteller and healer from Serpent River First Nation shares Ojibwe teachings on suffering, acceptance and Ceremony as ways of connecting Indigenous healing wisdom with psychological practice.
A recent survey of working musicians in Canada points to a growing discontent about AI in music, and points to how we could gain a music industry that allows Canadian music to flourish.