Neuroscience explains why teens are so vulnerable to Big Tech social media platformsSalima Kerai, University of Toronto
I watched Artemis II lift off — and witnessed the first humans venture to the Moon since 1972Gordon Osinski, Western University
Queen bumblebees can breathe underwater — for days. We discovered howSabrina Rondeau, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa; Charles-Antoine Darveau, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa, and Nigel Raine, University of Guelph
The raccoon raiding your garbage bin might just be solving a puzzle — for the fun of itHannah Griebling, University of British Columbia and Sarah Benson-Amram, University of British Columbia
Truth, or misinformation? A statistician explains the challenge of assessing evidenceMu Zhu, University of Waterloo
Smart glasses with facial recognition could be devastating to sex workersBrynn Colledge, University of Waterloo
Is someone watching you? Facial recognition tech is here and Canada offers little privacy protectionNeil McArthur, University of Manitoba
A million new SpaceX satellites will destroy the night skySamantha Lawler, University of Regina; Aaron Boley, University of British Columbia, and Hanno Rein, University of Toronto
Canada’s TikTok compromise fails on ownership and national securityPhilip Mai, Toronto Metropolitan University and Anatoliy Gruzd, Toronto Metropolitan University
Wild macaques don’t abandon babies. So why did Punch’s mother?Sarah E. Turner, Concordia University; Brogan M. Stewart, Concordia University; Megan M. Joyce, Concordia University, and Mikaela Gerwing, Concordia University
Do you sleep with your pet? Science reveals a tricky trade-offRenata Roma, University of Saskatchewan
Which bird calls and cricket chirps are most attractive?Logan S. James, The University of Texas at Austin; McGill University
Will your electric car burst into flames? A solid-state battery would reduce riskTaiana Lucia Emmanuel Pereira, McMaster University
Tracking wildlife using DNA: A scientific breakthrough made with an Indigenous communityValérie S. Langlois, Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) and Annie Claude Bélisle, Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT)
From Anthropic to Iran: Who sets the limits on AI’s use in war and surveillance?Emmanuelle Vaast, McGill University
Will AI drones and wearable sensors revolutionize the workplace?Atieh Razavi Yekta, University of British Columbia and Christopher McLeod, University of British Columbia
Could you tell if your favourite song was made with AI?Cate Cleo Alexander, University of Toronto and Lauren Knight, University of Toronto
OpenAI’s safety pledges in the wake of Tumbler Ridge aren’t AI regulation — they’re surveillanceJean-Christophe Bélisle-Pipon, Simon Fraser University
Novel ‘body-swap’ robot provides insights into how the brain keeps us uprightJean-Sébastien Blouin, University of British Columbia and Patrick A. Forbes, Erasmus University Medical Center
Scientists have identified unique sounds for 8 fish speciesDarienne Lancaster, University of Victoria
Lessons from the sea: Nature shows us how to get ‘forever chemicals’ out of batteriesAlicia M. Battaglia, University of Toronto
Budget cuts threaten Arctic scienceRoxana Suehring, Toronto Metropolitan University and Patricia Hania, Toronto Metropolitan University
Strong opinions matter: Why some birds refuse to follow the flockLauren Guillette, University of Alberta and Julia Self, University of Alberta
Space-time doesn’t exist — but it’s a useful concept for understanding our realityDaryl Janzen, University of Saskatchewan
A total eclipse of the Moon, Saturn’s rings ‘disappear’, meteors and more: your guide to the southern sky in 2025Nick Lomb, University of Southern Queensland
Information collected by the world’s largest radio telescope will be stored and processed by global data centresSimon Blouin, University of Victoria; Falk Herwig, University of Victoria; JJ Kavelaars, National Research Council Canada; University of Victoria, and Sébastien Fabbro, University of Victoria
10 years ago, gravitational waves changed astronomy. A new discovery shows there’s more to comeSimon Stevenson, Swinburne University of Technology
Move over Mercury – Chiron is in retrograde. What even is Chiron?Laura Nicole Driessen, University of Sydney
Digital media is using negativity to steal our attention — here’s how to reclaim itMegan Shipman, Royal Roads University and Zachary Pierce-Messick, Johns Hopkins University
Social media can be understood as a role-playing game like Dungeons & DragonsStephen M Yeager, Concordia University
Beyond Zohran Mamdani: Social media amplifies the politics of feelingsMerlyna Lim, Carleton University
Ctrl-alt-defy: How Ukrainians have used memes to counter Russia’s propaganda machineMichel Bouchard, University of Northern British Columbia
Gen Z protests brought about change in Nepal via the powers — and perils — of social mediaLuna KC, University of Northern British Columbia
Smart textiles may soon be able to control devices or monitor healthSara Nabil, Queen's University, Ontario
More than a quarter of Canadian teens have experienced sexual violence onlineCharlotte Nau, Western University; Christopher Dietzel, Concordia University, and Estefanía Reyes, Western University
No, your brain doesn’t suddenly ‘fully develop’ at 25. Here’s what the neuroscience actually showsTaylor Snowden, Université de Montréal
How number systems shape our thinking and what it means for learning, language and cultureJean-Charles Pelland, University of Bergen
New global research shows eye movements reveal how native languages shape readingVictor Kuperman, McMaster University; Nadia Lana, McMaster University, and Olga Parshina, Middlebury College
Bugonia: Why some people’s brains cling to the idea that aliens are realDan Baumgardt, University of Bristol
Physicists and philosophers have long struggled to understand the nature of time: Here’s whyDaryl Janzen, University of Saskatchewan
What the Tumbler Ridge tragedy reveals about Canada’s AI governance vacuumJean-Christophe Bélisle-Pipon, Simon Fraser University
Why Canada’s reaction to the Grok scandal is so muted in the midst of a global outcryEric Van Rythoven, Carleton University
Reports of ‘AI psychosis’ are emerging — here’s what a psychiatric clinician has to sayAlexandre Hudon, Université de Montréal
I used AI chatbots as a source of news for a month, and they were unreliable and erroneousJean-Hugues Roy, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
Slanguage: How the use of AI for apologies could cause the ‘Canadian Sorry’ to lose its soulJoshua Gonzales, University of Guelph
Generative AI might end up being worthless — and that could be a good thingFenwick McKelvey, Concordia University
Silent cyber threats: How shadow AI could undermine Canada’s digital health defencesAbbas Yazdinejad, University of Regina and Jude Kong, University of Toronto
What a gaping hole on a bridge reveals about aging infrastructure in CanadaAmirreza Torabizadeh, Concordia University and Emre Erkmen, Concordia University
Montréal’s bike infrastructure hardly takes up any space from cars on city roadsDaniel Romm, McGill University
Canada could use thermal infrastructure to turn wasted heat emissions into energyJames (Jim) S. Cotton, McMaster University and Caleb Duffield, McMaster University
Investigators are increasingly using technology in conflict-related sexual assault casesValerie Oosterveld, Western University
Dense, compact urban growth is favoured by mid-sized Canadian citiesRylan Graham, University of Northern British Columbia and Jeffrey Biggar, Dalhousie University
The proposed Strong Borders Act gives police new invasive search powers that may breach Charter rightsRobert Diab, Thompson Rivers University
