Is digital media use a risk factor for psychosis in young adults?

Published: 30 August 2023

On average, young adults in Canada spend several hours on their smartphones every day. Many jump from TikTok to Netflix to Instagram, putting their phone down only to pick up a video game...

A global observatory to monitor Earth's biodiversity

Published: 28 August 2023

At a time of unparalleled rates of biodiversity loss, a new interconnected system to monitor biodiversity around the world is needed to guide action quickly enough to target conservation efforts to...

Why men, wealthy people and maritime residents are more likely to develop skin cancer  

Published: 22 August 2023

A new study led by McGill University examines why people living in Atlantic regions are more at-risk for developing melanoma than other Canadians, providing lessons on skin cancer prevention for...

How will the REM impact transportation across the Montreal metropolitan region?

Published: 31 July 2023

As Montreal's new light rail or LRT system is set to open its first branch of service this summer, researchers at TRAM, a transportation research group at McGill University, have released an...

Why do people gaslight their romantic partners?

Published: 27 July 2023

A new study by a McGill University PhD student is looking into the effects of gaslighting in romantic relationships. The term is used to describe a form of psychological abuse in which a person or...

Experts: Wildfires and air pollution

Published: 26 July 2023

Wildfires have burned through more than one million hectares in Alberta this spring and have forced thousands from their homes. Quebec, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, British Columbia, and the Northwest...

Experts: Canadian astronomers set to join Ariel space mission

Published: 25 July 2023

This week Canada announced it will contribute to the European Space Agency’s Ariel mission. A first mission of its kind, the Ariel space telescope will launch in 2029 to study the atmospheres of...

Expert: Hollywood actors go on strike after SAG-AFTRA talks collapse

Published: 25 July 2023

The union representing more than 150,000 television and movie actors is on strike, joining screenwriters who walked out in May to create Hollywood’s first industrywide shutdown in 63 years. (New...

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