Words matter to people living with cancer. Here’s how verbal microaggressions affect their mental state

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Its boiling hot. Why are you still wearing a wig? Such remarks may sound commonplace and are often not intended to cause harm. But for people living with cancer, they can affect mental well-being and undermine self-esteem....

Togo’s citizens want to leave Ecowas – new survey suggests why

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A survey of Togolese citizens recently looked into perceptions of their governments handling of the terrorist threat in the northern region and of the Alliance of Sahel States Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger. The survey was...

Sexism in science: 7 women whose trailblazing work shattered stereotypes

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Seven women were part of a trailblazing network of feminist scientists in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s in the Boston area in the US. Christa Kuljian is a science writer and historian of science who focuses much of her...

Airbnb scams: new book explores thriving criminal activity on big tech platforms

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Big tech sharing economy platforms like Airbnb and Uber are marketed as trustworthy, but a new book by a South African media scholar argues that they are highly vulnerable to scammers who spread delusive speech (a form of...

Experimenting with generative AI to kibbitz and futz towards more inclusive futures

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What does it mean to think, act and work as a Jewish professor when human freedoms are under siege and authoritarian power gains ground? And how can we draw on our Jewish identities to navigate the sweeping encroachment of...

‘Pax Americana’ in Toronto? Speculative art can help us navigate threats

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As part of her ongoing public art series, Pax Americana, Toronto visual artist Dara Vandor has been posting aluminum signs in public spaces. These are plaques that reimagine, as the artist writes, the city as a site of...

Kids care deeply about our planet, so adults need to start listening

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I wish adults knew that I really care about the environment and want to help, but I sometimes feel like my ideas dont matter because Im just a kid. This is what a nine-year-old respondent told us when we asked how they...