We’re throwing the Moomins a birthday party – and you’re invited

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Tove Jansson published her first Moomin book, The Moomins and the Great Flood, 80 years ago, in 1945. The story follows a family of hippo-like creatures called Moomintrolls, who become refugees after a flood washes away...

Pierre Poilievre’s ‘More Boots, Less Suits’ election strategy held little appeal to women

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Women represent more than 50 per cent of the Canadian population, and there is no easy path to power without their votes. The Conservative Partys gender gap in support has grown in each election since 2011, when Stephen...

Detroit’s lack of affordable housing pushes families to the edge - and children sometime pay the price

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As outside temperatures dropped to the low- to mid-teens Fahrenheit on Feb. 10, 2025, two children died of carbon monoxide toxicity in a family van parked in a Detroit casino parking garage. We are political scientists who...

How does soap keep you clean? A chemist explains the science of soap

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Thousands of years ago, our ancestors discovered something that would clean their bodies and clothes. As the story goes, fat from someones meal fell into the leftover ashes of a fire. They were astonished to discover that...

50 years later, Vietnam’s environment still bears the scars of war – and signals a dark future for Gaza and Ukraine

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When the Vietnam War finally ended on April 30, 1975, it left behind a landscape scarred with environmental damage. Vast stretches of coastal mangroves, once housing rich stocks of fish and birds, lay in ruins. Forests...

Oshikatsu, the fandom phenomenon Japan hopes can boost its flagging economy

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Posters in Tokyos enormous Shinjuku railway station are normally used for advertising commodities like cosmetics and food, as well as new films. But occasionally you may happen across a poster with a birthday message and a...

What have the Democrats achieved in Trump’s first 100 days?

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The Democratic response to the first 100 days of Donald Trumps second term has been sluggish. It has made many Congressional Democrats, and party members, anxious about what the party can do to push back against the...