By Meghan McCue, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University
Exercise can be a powerful tool to improve symptoms of anxiety and depression. The amino acid tryptophan may be part of the reason why.
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By Megan Shipman, Behavioural Neuroscientist and Fellow at the Cascade Institute, Royal Roads University
Zachary Pierce-Messick, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University
With the internet and its widespread accessibility, many of us have front-row seats to widespread suffering and death across the globe for the first time in history, even when we are not directly affected.
We’re living in what scholars describe as a “polycrisis”…
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By Geoffrey Wood, Professor, Co-Director, Institute for Comparative Cancer Investigation, University of Guelph
A new study isolated DNA from the tumours of 500 cats across 13 different tumour types and mapped the sequence of 1,000 genes often found mutated in human cancers.
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By Oliver Kiptoo Kirui, Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Chibuzo Henrietta Nwagboso, Research Analyst, CGIAR
Countries in west and central Africa are facing a food crisis with multiple causes. Estimates in late December 2025 suggested that 41.8 million people were already in crisis or worse in October-December 2025. The number was expected to rise…
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By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne
One of the Victorian polls has Labor ahead on primary votes, while the other says it’s the Liberals in the lead. In NSW, Labor is out in front.
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By John Calabrese, Assistant Professor, School of Public Affairs and Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Middle East Institute, American University
Washington has long worked with Kurdish groups in the Middle East. But without sufficient support, encouraging Iranian Kurds into an uprising now could be dangerous.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image The aftermath of the attack on a school in Minab, southern Iran, on February 28, 2026. © 2026 Abbas Zakeri/Mehr News/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via Reuters A February 28, 2026 attack on a primary school in southern Iran was an unlawful attack that reportedly killed scores of civilians, including schoolchildren.The laws of war prohibit attacks if the anticipated harm to civilians and civilian objects is disproportionate compared to the expected military gain from the attack.The United States and Israel should immediately assess their responsibility for this attack…
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By Nicole Froio
Fighting a resolution to ensure access to legal abortion for girls under 14 is the latest example of abortion rights being used as a political tool by conservatives in the country
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By Cynthia Ebot Takang
In Mile 4 New Council area in Bamenda, North West region of Cameroon, residents have increasingly turned to solar energy to cope with prolonged and unpredictable electricity disruptions.
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By Michael Klein, Professor of International Economic Affairs at The Fletcher School, Tufts University
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The “fog of war” refers to confusion and uncertainty on the battlefield and the attendant possibility of fatal error. This principle has a parallel when it comes to the economic consequences of wars as well, especially when they occur in a region that is a chokepoint for the production and shipment of
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