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Sovereign AI? Anthropic shutdown reveals Canada’s weakness
Canada is now investing billions to strengthen domestic AI capacity. But sovereignty is not simply about where the servers sit.
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Australia risks losing its ‘corporate brain’ if more high-value jobs keep being sent offshore
The effects won’t be immediately visible. But many of these jobs are entry points for young graduates and early-career professionals: our future business leaders.
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The kombucha paradox: measurable effects, uncertain wellbeing benefits
The drink may alter aspects of metabolism, but showing a meaningful wellbeing benefit requires much stronger evidence.
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How older racialized immigrants are lost in translation in Canadian cities
Language barriers create a hidden but serious form of mobility exclusion, and the burden of adapting should fall on transit systems, not riders.
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‘Agrivoltaics’ can both power AI data centres and increase food production — new study
In Canada, agrivoltaics could produce enough electricity to eliminate the need for fossil fuels on the grid entirely, using less than one per cent of the country’s agriculture land.
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Malawi’s education choices in the wake of aid cuts
USAID’s closure, while painful and damaging, might give rise to a new arrangement beyond aid.
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A safe AI strategy for Canadian youth should include age-associated risks
Research on generative AI use among youth pinpoints design features that pose age-specific risks, which must be addressed before we adopt genAI into our schools and homes.
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DIY zines are helping queer communities tell their own stories and craft their own culture
For decades, zinemakers have used their self-published work to forge connections and nurture political movements outside of the mainstream.
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Many college students already have well-formed cheating habits – that, not AI, is the real problem
Some students might arrive at college with already formed cheating habits, and a mentality that justifies the practice.
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Energy costs are high and unaffordable – what utilities, governments, communities and you can do to help save consumers money
There are opportunities at every level of the US energy market to save consumers money – if governments, companies, communities and individuals choose to act.
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Why states are walking back their own climate and energy laws, and what they could do instead
Many steps that are good for clean energy also dovetail with federal priorities, from affordable housing to data centers and rural development.
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40 years on, Maradona’s ‘Hand of God’ goal is still celebrated. But should it be?
A philosopher of sport guides readers through the ethics of Diego Maradona’s most celebrated goal – and his most controversial.