Why Canada should apply labour protections to the rental housing sector

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Gregor Robertson, Canadas new housing minister, was likely tapped for the job on the basis of his decade as Vancouvers mayor, where he introduced zoning changes, incentives for rental construction and the countrys first...

Our trans health study was terminated by the government – the effects of abrupt NIH grant cuts ripple across science and society

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Given the Trump administrations systematic attempts to medically and legally disenfranchise trans people, and its abrupt termination of grants focused on LGBTQ+ health, we cant say that the notice of termination we...

3 ways the government can silence opinions it disagrees with, without using censorship

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When most people think of how governments stifle free speech, they think of censorship. Thats when a government directly blocks or suppresses speech. In the past, the federal government has censored speech in various ways....

California wildfire plan to ban most plants within 5 feet of homes overlooks some important truths about flammability

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One of the most striking patterns in the aftermath of many urban fires is how much unburned green vegetation remains amid the wreckage of burned neighborhoods. In some cases, a row of shrubs may be all that separates a...

New model helps to figure out which distant planets may host life

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The search for life beyond Earth is a key driver of modern astronomy and planetary science. The U.S. is building multiple major telescopes and planetary probes to advance this search. However, the signs of life called...

Debunking 5 myths about when your devices get wet

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Nearly everyone has encountered the unthinkable: Your smartphone landed in the toilet. Or you forgot to take off your smartwatch before jumping into the pool. Or maybe you meant to take those earbuds out of your pocket...

Robots run out of energy long before they run out of work to do − feeding them could change that

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Earlier this year, a robot completed a half-marathon in Beijing in just under 2 hours and 40 minutes. Thats slower than the human winner, who clocked in at just over an hour but its still a remarkable feat. Many...