Rain falling on wildfire burn scars can trigger deadly debris flows – a geologist explains how
Rain on land burned by a series of devastating fires in the Los Angeles area has the potential to contribute to flooding and ...
How Jan. 27 came to be International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust
A historian of the Holocaust and curator of the Auschwitz exhibition, now in Toronto, invites all who gather on Jan. 27 to ...
Canada’s claim that it champions human rights is at odds with its mining practices
Despite its feminist ambitions, taking a closer look at Canada’s role in countries where it has significant mining interests ...
Online platforms risk becoming ideological echo chambers that undermine meaningful dialogue
The migrations of left-leaning users to Bluesky could deepen the divide with right-leaning users on X, and undermine ...
Urban food gardens produce more than vegetables, they create bonds for young Capetonians – study
Young urban farmers in Khayelitsha are nurturing connections, creating economic opportunities, and promoting environmental ...
Finding ‘Kape’: How Language Documentation helps us preserve an endangered language
Some languages in the world are facing extinction rapidly. Language Documentation helps us to safeguard and preserve them.
California depends on prison labour to deal with climate disasters — Canada must avoid a similar model
The use of prison labour in fighting wildfires caused by climate injustice is only an extension of this injustice and a continuation of indentured servitude.
South African telescope discovers a giant galaxy that’s 32 times bigger than Earth’s
These mysterious objects can have masses several million or billion times that of the Sun and are so dense that they warp space time around them. As far as astronomers know, all galaxies harbour a ...
Motor neurone disease campaigner, former AFL champion Neale Daniher, is 2025 Australian of the Year
Neale Daniher, a campaigner in the fight against motor neurone disease and a former champion Essendon footballer, is the 2025 ...
Peter Dutton’s reshuffle: David Coleman the surprise choice as shadow foreign minister
Peter Dutton has chosen David Coleman for the key shadow foreign affairs portfolio, in a reshuffle that also seeks to boost ...
Health and Human Services secretary influences every aspect of America’s health
Overseeing the FDA, NIH and several other public health and medical research divisions, the HHS secretary is a powerful force ...
Can Trump just order new names for Denali and the Gulf of Mexico? A geographer explains who decides what goes on the map
How do place names get made and then changed? There’s a process. But it involves people as well as bureaucracy, so it’s not ...