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Healthy indoor air is a proven prescription for public health that can help fortify our buildings and enhance people’s health, protecting against respiratory diseases and illnesses, cardiovascular disease and cognitive decline.
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October 14, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Healthy indoor air is a proven prescription for public health that can help fortify our buildings and enhance people’s health, protecting against respiratory diseases and illnesses, cardiovascular disease and cognitive decline.
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Well this couldn’t have come at a better time www.bbc.com/news/article...
Scientists at Loughborough University create 'world's smallest violin'
The violin is smaller than a human hair and has "laid the groundwork" for future research.
www.bbc.com
June 5, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Well this couldn’t have come at a better time www.bbc.com/news/article...
Democracy at work.
globalnews.ca/news/1115949...
Riding Pierre Poilievre lost in had highest voter turnout in Ontario, data shows | Globalnews.ca
“The riding in the province with the biggest turnout was Carleton, where 81.57 per cent of registered voters cast a ballot…”
Riding Pierre Poilievre lost in had highest voter turnout in Ontario, data shows | Globalnews.ca
“The riding in the province with the biggest turnout was Carleton, where 81.57 per cent of registered voters cast a ballot…”
Riding Pierre Poilievre lost in had highest voter turnout in Ontario, data shows | Globalnews.ca
Around 68.7 per cent of eligible Canadians cast a ballot for their party of choice, but those numbers fluctuated widely among ridings in Ontario.
globalnews.ca
May 1, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Democracy at work.
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TL;DR: The new U.S. tariff rate against our two largest trading partners is either 10%, 25% or 35%, and so far no one I've reached out to at the White House is able to tell me which.
So the White House says the 10% baseline tariff also applies to Canada & Mexico. It has not said whether that's the effective new rate itself; whether it adds to the 25% fentanyl tariff, making the new rate 35%; or whether it kicks in only if the fentanyl tariff falls away
April 9, 2025 at 6:38 PM
TL;DR: The new U.S. tariff rate against our two largest trading partners is either 10%, 25% or 35%, and so far no one I've reached out to at the White House is able to tell me which.
Sometimes there's no return to "normal." Time to chart a new course. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: The democratic world will have to get along without America. It may even have to defend itself from it
The U.S. is now on the side of the dictatorships
www.theglobeandmail.com
February 14, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Sometimes there's no return to "normal." Time to chart a new course. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Really appreciate this clear 2024 YR4 asteroid analysis and its “don’t panic but pay attention” message.
The chance of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting out planet in 2032 is now 1.5%, or 1 in 67.
The OVERWHELMING likelihood is that the asteroid will miss Earth.
But for the first time ever, we might have to seriously consider a deflection mission soon.
Let me explain. 🧵 (1/x)
The OVERWHELMING likelihood is that the asteroid will miss Earth.
But for the first time ever, we might have to seriously consider a deflection mission soon.
Let me explain. 🧵 (1/x)
a picture of the earth and an asteroid with the national geographic logo
Alt: a picture of the earth and an asteroid heading towards it
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February 4, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Really appreciate this clear 2024 YR4 asteroid analysis and its “don’t panic but pay attention” message.
Canada’s 30-day reprieve from U.S. tariffs gives us valuable time to diversify our trading relationships and work out how to protect our sovereignty from a belligerent, erratic, cruel neighbour. Still not buying American. #ViveLeCanada 🇨🇦
February 3, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Canada’s 30-day reprieve from U.S. tariffs gives us valuable time to diversify our trading relationships and work out how to protect our sovereignty from a belligerent, erratic, cruel neighbour. Still not buying American. #ViveLeCanada 🇨🇦
Fascinating - from the article: "Those first modern humans that had interbred with Neanderthals and lived alongside them died out completely in Europe 40,000 years ago ... It was the ancestors of these early international pioneers who eventually returned to Europe to populate it."
This story from BBC on the new Ranis/Zlatý kůň genetic work has a great first sentence that captures the importance:
“Far from triumphantly breezing out of Africa, modern humans went extinct many times before going on to populate the world, new studies have revealed.”
www.bbc.com/news/article...
“Far from triumphantly breezing out of Africa, modern humans went extinct many times before going on to populate the world, new studies have revealed.”
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Humans may not have survived without Neanderthals
A new DNA analysis has shown that the arrival of modern humans from Africa was far from smooth.
www.bbc.com
December 12, 2024 at 11:59 PM
Fascinating - from the article: "Those first modern humans that had interbred with Neanderthals and lived alongside them died out completely in Europe 40,000 years ago ... It was the ancestors of these early international pioneers who eventually returned to Europe to populate it."
I was in my first year of university in Montreal when this happened. After that day, I mapped exits and shelters everywhere I went on campus. I still do it. Today and always, I remember every one of these women, killed simply because they were women.
Today is the 35th anniversary of the murder of 14 female students at Polytechnique Montreal.
Every December 6th in Canada we remember them and reflect on violence against women.
www.canada.ca/en/women-gen...
Every December 6th in Canada we remember them and reflect on violence against women.
www.canada.ca/en/women-gen...
December 6, 2024 at 3:33 PM
I was in my first year of university in Montreal when this happened. After that day, I mapped exits and shelters everywhere I went on campus. I still do it. Today and always, I remember every one of these women, killed simply because they were women.
Sunset at Sugar Beach in Toronto, Canada.
November 23, 2024 at 9:37 PM
Sunset at Sugar Beach in Toronto, Canada.
Adding this metro station in Thessaloniki to the very long list of places I'd love to visit. www.ctvnews.ca/world/ancien...
Ancient meets modern as a new subway in Greece showcases archeological treasures
Greece's second largest city, Thessaloniki, is getting a brand new subway system that will showcase archeological discoveries made during construction that held up the project for decades.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 23, 2024 at 2:21 PM
Adding this metro station in Thessaloniki to the very long list of places I'd love to visit. www.ctvnews.ca/world/ancien...
This study appears to suggest that people like AI-generated poetry better than human-authored poetry - and that, largely because they like it better, they think AI-generated poetry is actually human-authored poetry. We're primed to be fooled. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
AI-generated poetry is indistinguishable from human-written poetry and is rated more favorably - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - AI-generated poetry is indistinguishable from human-written poetry and is rated more favorably
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-76900-1#:~:text=Past%20research%20has%20suggested%20that,“more%20human%20than%20human.”
November 19, 2024 at 7:28 PM
This study appears to suggest that people like AI-generated poetry better than human-authored poetry - and that, largely because they like it better, they think AI-generated poetry is actually human-authored poetry. We're primed to be fooled. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Earth from Mars | NASA
November 19, 2024 at 12:50 PM
Earth from Mars | NASA
Always fascinated by Pompeii and this DNA research is interesting, challenging assumptions about family relationships (a "mother and child" was really an unrelated man and child) and Pompeii's population (more immigrants from eastern Mediterranean than expected). www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
DNA evidence rewrites story of people buried in Pompeii eruption
Researchers have used ancient DNA to challenge long-held interpretations of the people of Pompeii. Contrary to physical appearances, the DNA evidence revealed unexpected variations in gender and kinsh...
www.sciencedaily.com
November 18, 2024 at 11:49 PM
Always fascinated by Pompeii and this DNA research is interesting, challenging assumptions about family relationships (a "mother and child" was really an unrelated man and child) and Pompeii's population (more immigrants from eastern Mediterranean than expected). www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
Joined BlueSky today, taking a break from politics to read about science, and here's the first thing I've learned: Pando's 47,000 stems spread across 42.6 hectares of Utah are technically all one quaking aspen tree that's between 16,000 and 80,000 years old. Cool! www.nature.com/articles/d41...
The world’s oldest tree? Genetic analysis traces evolution of iconic Pando forest
A vast colony of aspen clones could hold clues about how ancient organisms protect their genomes from harmful mutations.
www.nature.com
November 17, 2024 at 11:47 PM
Joined BlueSky today, taking a break from politics to read about science, and here's the first thing I've learned: Pando's 47,000 stems spread across 42.6 hectares of Utah are technically all one quaking aspen tree that's between 16,000 and 80,000 years old. Cool! www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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