By Aisha Ahmad, Associate Professor, Political Science, University of Toronto
Jeremy Wildeman, Adjunct assistant professor, International Relations, Carleton University; L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
Beyond Donald Trump’s anti-Canada rhetoric, there are many material and geo-strategic reasons why Canada must take his threats to Canadian sovereignty very seriously.
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By Rahim Barzegar, Professeur, Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT)
Ehsan Raei, Researcher
Jan Franklin Adamowski, James McGill Professor, McGill University
Water levels in the Great Lakes swing from one extreme to the other. An analysis using artificial intelligence reveals how (and why) weather causes them to fluctuate.
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By Philip Broadbent, Wellcome Multimorbidity PhD Fellow & Public Health Registrar, University of Glasgow
Pennsylvania counts five measles deaths this year, the CDC two. Without an agreed definition, the confusion hits hardest where vaccination rates are lowest.
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By Ibrahim Al-Marashi, IE School of Humanities, IE University; California State University San Marcos
Since the Hamas attacks of October 7, 2023, the world has witnessed unimaginable, almost constant violence in Gaza and the West Bank. But people’s understanding of these events is not universal – each person is exposed to a particular set of narratives surrounding history, victimhood and trauma.
The vast majority of news reports, social media posts, videos, and books that have covered the events since October 7, 2023 can be defined as what I call “conflict media”, which reproduces…
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By Nancy Forster-Holt, Clinical Associate Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, University of Rhode Island
Many older incumbents are on the ballot for the 2026 midterms, adding to America’s debate over the wisdom of aging politicians delaying their retirement.
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By Robert Boatright, Professor of Political Science, Clark University; Institute for Humane Studies
Primary winners represent the views of a small group of people who turn out inconsistently and often do not even represent the the views of the parties’ voters, to say nothing of the general public.
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By Noelia Noël, Senior Lecturer, School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Surrey
The 2026 Nobel prize for physics has been awarded to Francis Halzen for his discovery of high energy neutrino particles from space.
The Nobel committee said Halzen has made “decisive contributions” to the discovery of “neutrinos of astrophysical origin” with IceCube, an experiment installed under ice at the South Pole.
Ellen Moons, secretary general of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, referred…
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By J. David Creswell, Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, Carnegie Mellon University
Can a sensor on your wrist really tell how your brain slept? Here’s what happens when sleep trackers go up against polysomnography, the clinical gold standard.
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By Eric Vanden Eykel, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Ferrum College
A formation known as Durupınar, just a few miles from the Iranian border in Turkey, has been associated with Noah’s Ark for nearly 70 years.
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By Jennifer Schlinger, Clinical Associate Professor of Social Work, University of North Dakota
Family members can offer invaluable support to patients, but a trained advocate can provide an objective perspective as well as knowledge of resources that families may lack.
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