SUDBURY STAR | Project imagines mining without the need for blasting
Imagine building a new underground mine — or expanding an existing one — without using explosives.
That’s the goal of a new project unveiled in Sudbury on Wednesday. And while the announcement was made in here, the money — $1.5 million — will go to McGill University of Montreal to test cleaner methods of mining.
CANADIAN GEOGRAPHIC | When it comes to stream health, land use and protection matter
I wanted to know how protection affects streams because most protected areas are not created specifically with streams in mind, says Dalal Hanna, a freshwater ecologist, science communicator, National Geographic Explorer, and PhD Candidate at McGill University.
CBA NATIONAL | The changing definition of family
Karin Galldin's family started as many do, with a simple desire to raise children. While the route she chose to get there was still unpaved, the path had been cleared. By the time she gave birth to a beautiful baby girl, everything was in place for her to get legal recognition as one of four parents along with her partner, as well as the birth father and his partner. There is more acceptance today around diverse relationships involving multiple parents and alternative family structures.
MONTREAL GAZETTE | Sunscreen shouldn't be a DIY project
Wearing sunscreen is probably one of the best cancer deterrents there is. We often forget how common skin cancer is. One in five adults will be diagnosed with some form of skin cancer in their lives, making it more common than all other cancer diagnoses combined. Fortunately, if caught early, it can be easily treated. It is also largely preventable, says Christopher Labos, a Montreal doctor and an associate with the McGill Office for Science and Society.
EDMONTON JOURNAL | Polar journey exposes Edmonton student to arctic culture and climate
(Chiara Concini) is one of 130 high school and post-secondary students from around the globe aboard the Ocean Endeavour, taking a two-week plunge into arctic culture and geography in a program called Students On Ice.
MONTREAL GAZETTE | 'Hands are tied': Class-action requests filed against Capital One
Not one but two requests to approve class actions against the American bank in Quebec were filed at the Superior Court of Quebec on Tuesday, only 24 hours after Capital One announced there had been a personal-data breach. The requests have to be approved by a judge before a class action can go any further. This latest massive security breach, which was confirmed on July 19, was announced Monday by Capital One. It affects 106 million members, six million of them Canadian.
PSYCHOLOGY TODAY | This Is the Secret to Close Friendships
Miriam Kirmayer is a Ph.D. candidate in clinical psychology at McGill University and a therapist who specializes in young adult and adult friendships. She says" one common thread I hear in my work as a therapist who focuses on friendship is just how disconnected so many of us feel from our friends and communities.
NATIONAL POST | Beyoncé's 22-day, 100 per cent plant-based diet 'embraces food myths' and promotes crash dieting, experts say
Last week, the pop diva posted a YouTube video, “22 Days Nutrition,” promoting a diet plan created by her trainer and “exercise physiologist” Marco Borges. (The singer doubled up and followed the diet for 44 days in preparation for her 2018 Coachella performance.)
BIG NEWS NETWORK | The amazing baby brain says 'pas de problème' with bilingualism
People often say that babies are like little sponges - with their ability to soak up language quickly and easily.
Yet much of the early research on language acquisition has focused on young infants learning only one language. This research was guided by an implicit assumption that learning one language is the usual and optimal way to learn to talk.
CBC | Plant-based eggs join meatless options at Tim Hortons
Tim Hortons is testing the fake omelette — made with mung bean protein isolate — in two regions in southern Ontario. If it's a hit, the product will join the Beyond Meat plant-based burger and breakfast sausage already on the menu at Tim Hortons and A&Ws across Canada.
MONTREAL GAZETTE | Outdoor yoga at McGill 'a great break during the day'
McGill University is making the most of summer and offering free yoga classes on its lower field in downtown Montreal.
The classes, which are organized in partnership with Lululemon, are held every second Wednesday from noon until 1 p.m.
“It’s nice because you’ve got the connection with nature,” said instructor Elody Hafner.
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NIH | Kieffer Dissects Opioid Effects on the Brain
For almost as long as we’ve known about the powerful spell opium can cast on a user, scientists have been trying to learn precisely how the drug operates in the body, particularly in the brain. According to recent Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series guest Dr. Brigitte Kieffer, researchers are closer than ever to understanding, witnessing, mimicking and perhaps predicting opioids’ work within the gray matter.
GLOBAL NEWS | McGill students take on Mount Kilimanjaro to raise funds for daycare centre
Roderick Mackinnon and Thomas Prévost have just set off on a seven-day hike up Mount Kilimanjaro on Wednesday. The adventure, however, started four months ago when the McGill management students were accepted into the Global Impact Program fellowship. “We basically worked as social impact consultants with various NGOs, NPOs and social enterprises in South Africa, mainly around Johannesburg,” explained Mackinnon from his hotel room in Tanzania.
THE GUARDIAN | As co-working spaces colonise cities, are workers paying the price?
Co-working was originally practised by artists and other creative workers whose work was, by definition, off-the-cuff: project-based and commissioned. These workers would “co-work” in order to share resources such as client and supplier networks, as well as materials.
MICROSOFT | The KnowRef Coreference Corpus: a resource for training and evaluating common sense in AI
AI has made major strides in the last decade, from beating the world champion of Go, to learning how to program, to telling fantastical short stories. However, a basic human trait continues to elude machines: common sense.