European courts converging on principle that landlords have no right to maximum profit, study finds
Courts across Europe are increasingly ruling that landlords have no constitutional right to maximum profits from rental housing — a legal shift that a new academic paper argues represents a broader counter-movement against neoliberal property politics. The paper, published in
Study warns property-rights arguments on both sides of zoning debate limit housing reform
A new academic study argues that the moral arguments used by both pro-development and anti-development advocates in Vancouver and Toronto’s zoning battles are rooted in property logics that ultimately limit the scope of housing reform. The paper, published in the
Electronic nose detects ovarian cancer in blood with 97% accuracy, 100% at patient level
A device that essentially “smells” cancer in a drop of blood has demonstrated near-perfect accuracy in detecting ovarian cancer, according to new research published in Advanced Intelligent Systems. The electronic nose — a 32-sensor array that detects volatile organic compounds
Difficult people in your social circle may be accelerating your biological aging, study finds
People who make your life difficult may be doing more than ruining your day — they could be making you age faster at the molecular level. A new study from researchers at New York University, Utah State University, the University
Physicists show electric charges can be accelerated without producing radiation
One of the oldest rules in physics — that accelerating an electric charge always produces radiation — turns out to have an exception. A team of physicists has shown that in quantum mechanics, it is possible to accelerate a charged
High temperatures linked to fewer male births in Africa and India, but for very different reasons
A sweeping new study analysing nearly five million births across sub-Saharan Africa and India has found that high temperatures during pregnancy are linked to fewer male births — and the reasons differ dramatically between the two regions. Researchers from the
James Webb Telescope Charts Uranus Mysterious Upper Atmosphere for the First Time
For the first time, scientists have mapped the upper atmosphere of Uranus in three dimensions — and the findings are pulling back the curtain on one of the solar system’s most puzzling worlds. The research, led by PhD student Paola
I asked AI to find Canada on a map. Here are the results.
By Rohana Rezel I asked the world’s most widely used AI chatbots, ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude, to find Canada on a map. It seemed like a reasonable test of spatial reasoning, the kind of thing that should be trivial for
Oldest known wooden tools unearthed at Greek archaeological site
An international team of researchers from Germany, the United Kingdom, and Greece has discovered in Megalopoli the oldest known wooden tools used by humans. The study, led by Professor Katerina Harvati, director of the Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and
It just hit 4°C in Canada’s Arctic. In January.
The subarctic is experiencing spring temperatures in the dead of winter and nobody seems to be screaming loud enough about it Whitehorse hit 4°C on Friday evening. Four degrees Celsius. In mid-January. At 7 PM on January 16th, while it
