Lost in translation: To the untrained zebra finch ear, jazzy courtship songs fall flat

Published: 10 July 2017

Zebra finches brought up without their fathers don’t react to the singing of potential suitors in the same way that female birds usually do, hinting that the environment in which the birds are...

Venezuela: Peace offering from Maduro

Published: 10 July 2017

“The transfer of Venezuela's most prominent political prisoner from a military stockade to house arrest was widely viewed as a peace offering by President Nicolas Maduro to opponents who have led...

We’re ceding ground in the war against infant mortality

Published: 10 July 2017

This would only hurt our efforts to reduce infant mortality. Jay Kaufman, a co-author of the JAMA study and a professor at McGill University, put it simply: “Wanted pregnancies are healthier than...

Expert: preventing concussions this summer

Published: 6 July 2017

This summer, whether in summer camps or sports leagues, children will practise outdoor sports. However, parents and educators need to be aware of the risk of head injury and concussion. Professor...

Expert : Rising Tension with North Korea

Published: 6 July 2017

“President Trump warned Thursday that North Korea could face “some pretty severe” consequences after its defiant test of an intercontinental ballistic missile, but Washington also confronted firm...

City working with Molson-Coors on relocation plan in Montreal, Coderre says

Published: 6 July 2017

The current brewery “belongs to an era where even industrial architecture was beautifully built,” says Avi Friedman, an architecture professor at McGill University, who wants it to be preserved. ...

Cancer researchers overestimate reproducibility of preclinical studies

Published: 29 June 2017

Cancer scientists overestimate the extent to which high-profile preclinical studies can be successfully replicated, new research from McGill University suggests.

Experts: Molson plans new Montreal-area brewery

Published: 5 July 2017

“Molson-Coors is planning to build a brewery in the Montreal area instead of renovating its existing brewery on Notre-Dame St. E. (…) While the fate of the existing brewery hasn’t been decided,...

Differences in U.S. infant mortality rates among black and white babies

Published: 5 July 2017

A new research letter published by JAMA Pediatrics examined trends in overall and cause-specific infant mortality rates between non-Hispanic black and white infants because infant mortality is an...

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