Do lying children grow up to be criminals? Mostly not, study concludes

Published: 27 May 2026

Most childhood lying does not lead to serious problems in adulthood, and only certain kinds of lying behaviour is associated with later psychological or legal issues, a new study has found....

Study finds early complex life lived in oxygenated seas, challenging long‑held views of evolution

Published: 20 May 2026

The earliest known eukaryotes, the ancestors of all complex life on Earth, lived in oxygenated, shallow marine environments nearly 1.7 billion years ago, according to a new study led by researchers...

Study yields new insights on what makes conversation engaging

Published: 18 June 2026

What makes a speaker engaging? Both what is said and how it is said matter, but in different, complementary ways, a new study conducted at the McGill School of Communication Sciences and Disorders...

What an illusion involving a fake hand can tell us about our mind-body connection

Published: 28 May 2026

People who have a weaker sense of self are also more likely to have less bodily awareness, McGill researchers have found. The study supports the idea that people’s perceptions of themselves and how...

Crop diversity and perennial grains could strengthen soil health under climate stress, McGill study finds

Published: 23 June 2026

A McGill University study suggests that diversifying crops and replacing annual wheat with a perennial grain could help protect soil health as climate change brings more variable rainfall.

Novel origami pattern turns flat sheets into load-bearing 3D technology

Published: 21 May 2026

McGill University researchers have discovered a new way to fold flat sheets into smooth, curved shells that can switch from floppy and flexible to stiff and load-bearing on demand. By designing a...

Digitization of centuries of Canadian weather records promises to improve climate understanding

Published: 18 June 2026

Researchers have uncovered and digitized nearly two million 18th and 19th century weather observations from across Canada that offer new insights into how the country’s climate has changed over...

Indoor urban agriculture isn’t necessarily low carbon, McGill study shows

Published: 11 June 2026

Growing lettuce indoors in Canadian cities can be as climate-friendly as conventional farming, but only in regions where electricity is from renewable sources and thus low-carbon, according to a...

Historic plant collections offer a window into genetic change

Published: 21 May 2026

Pressed plant specimens collected centuries ago and stored in herbaria around the world could play a key role in facilitating the tracking of genetic change and extinction risk in plants, a McGill...

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