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Neuroscience offers new insights into how our brain solves ‘the cocktail party problem’
Trying to understand how the brain is so good at focusing on one conversation has kept auditory neuroscientists occupied since the 1950s.
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Who do you trust in an emergency? We asked people in places hit by extreme weather
The problem wasn’t the volume of emergency information – it was who it came from, and how it was delivered.
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Mark Carney: a master of statecraft in an era short of great orators
Once again the quiet Canadian has staked out an ethical high ground above his noisy southern neighbour.
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How to know if you can trust an AI’s answer to your question
One Google response asked for my medical history. Another answered a personal health question without asking who I was. Both replies came across as authoritative advice.
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Granting a new gasfield licence does not guarantee energy security
Any additional emissions from a UK gasfield are incompatible with climate targets.
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Why ‘accidents’ can happen during intense exercise
It might be embarrassing, but unintentionally soiling one’s self during competition is not all that uncommon in elite athletes.
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What might Canada’s EU ‘associate membership’ look like, and is it even a possibility?
Making Canada the EU’s first ‘associate member’ may be a solution in search of a problem.
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Learning another language may be one of the best ways to keep your brain healthy as you age
Learning another language is not a miracle cure for aging, and it cannot guarantee protection against Alzheimer’s disease. But it does have various other benefits.
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Does my kid have COVID-19 or just a cold? A pediatric nurse explains how to tell – and why it matters
Keeping children home from school if they have COVID-19 protects family and school community members at high risk of serious illness.
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Black moms and pregnant women forced out of their homes in metro Detroit face health and safety threats
Detroit had 20,370 eviction cases filed in 2025. But evictions that do not go through the formal court process are not included in the city’s official eviction data.
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Pete Hegseth is rebuilding the Army’s ‘brass ceiling’
Half of the officers who have been fired or blocked from promotion are women or Black. A scholar who studies the US military explains why that’s dangerous.
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The ethical cases for immigration as a human right
A political philosopher explains the ethical arguments in favor of free movement.