Category Archives: Science
How Canadian media covers renoviction — and what it misses
A new study published in Housing Studies has examined how Canada’s mainstream print media frames renovictions — the practice of evicting tenants under the guise of renovation — finding that coverage has grown alongside the housing crisis but often stops
Even Tiny Amounts of Altruism Can Stop Epidemics, Game Theory Study Finds
A new mathematical study has found that people don’t need to be saints to justify staying home when they’re sick. In fact, caring about others even a tiny amount — valuing your own life as roughly equivalent to 100,000 strangers
Rigid protocols can hinder firefighting teams during crises, study finds
When emergencies take unexpected turns, the teams that communicate most explicitly tend to perform best — even if rigid protocols previously guided their actions, new research shows. A study published in Organization Science examined how firefighting teams adapt when disruptive
Bilingual brains use one shared meaning system for both languages, but each language reshapes it, study finds
Bilingual people use largely the same brain system to understand meaning in both their languages, but each language subtly reshapes how that system processes different categories of words, according to new research from UC Berkeley. The study, published Monday in
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
Diabetes drug Shows Promise as Prostate Cancer Treatment
A recent international study involving researchers at Umeå University in Sweden has discovered that a type 2 diabetes medication may help slow prostate cancer progression. The research found that drugs regulating the PPARγ protein (peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma) played a
