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Welcome to the age of space scepticism – and a growing revolt against elites
The Conversation via Yahoo Canada News· 4 weeks agoOver the past decade, a new form of scepticism about human activities in space has emerged. It seems...
‘Stolen Youth’: The Anti-Woke Book That’s Afraid of Everything
The Daily Beast via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoPhoto Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/GettyGet more news and opinions in the...
What makes a good bird name?
The Conversation via Yahoo Canada News· 6 months agoErkki Alvenmod/Shutterstock I remember my first close encounter with birds. I must have been about three years old and had discovered a blackbird nest...
Why some people don't trust science – and how to change their minds
The Conversation via Yahoo Canada News· 6 months agoNasa/wikipedia During the pandemic, a third of people in the UK reported that their trust in science...
2023 was the year the economics of tech caught up with reality
Engadget via Yahoo Canada News· 6 months agoAs a precocious teen looking to improve my college application, I sat in on a business studies...
This week in AI: Can we trust DeepMind to be ethical?
TechCrunch via Yahoo Canada News· 8 months agoThis week in AI, DeepMind, the Google-owned AI R&D lab, released a paper proposing a framework for...
Stop dissing pessimism — it's part of being human
The Conversation Canada via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoPessimism, as explored by the philosopher Schopenhauer, offers tools to come to terms with the idea that refusing to relentlessly pursue happiness is...
Light pollution is taking the sparkle out of glow-worm mating
The Conversation via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoFemale glow-worms attract males with a chemical reaction in their abdomen. Wirestock...
History’s crisis detectives: How we’re using maths and data to reveal why societies collapse – and...
The Conversation via Yahoo Canada News· 4 months agoHistorian and complexity scientist, Dan Hoyer, examines why past societies collapsed when faced with...
The High Cost of Moving Industry Offshore
Oilprice.com via Yahoo Finance Canada· 1 month agoOffshore industrialization is facing mounting challenges, exacerbated by spiking fossil fuel prices and the potential consequences of a transition to an...
