No major gaffes and no knockout punch: the first leaders’ debate was a pedestrian affair
With all the usual policy issues canvassed, neither leader made a major mistake, but neither did they land any significant ...
‘Return’ of the dire wolf is an impressive feat of genetic engineering, not a reversal of extinction
Colossal’s dire wolf project is not a resurrection – it is an imitation. But that doesn’t mean it lacks value. It offers a ...
As Canada is threatened, it’s urgent to revisit Indigenous sovereignty and nationhood
Indigenous nationhood has not just been a part of Indigenous ways of life for centuries, but is now closely tied to ...
China plans to build the world’s largest dam – but what does this mean for India and Bangladesh downstream?
The Yarlung Tansgpo / Brahmaputra dam shows we often don’t know how to deal with rivers that cross national borders.
The Great Gatsby at 100: this great American novel is a universal meditation on time and change
The fractured sense of time that F. Scott Fitzgerald creates challenges literary convention. It also reflects a world in flux ...
China plans to build the world’s largest dam – but what of India and Bangladesh downstream?
The Yarlung Tansgpo / Brahmaputra dam shows we often don’t know how to deal with rivers that cross national borders.
Inaction from Brussels over the arrest of an opposition leader in Turkey may be a strategic mistake
The EU has many important partnerships in place with Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, which explains its muted response to the arrest of ...
The ‘morning shed’: a brief history of the sometimes dangerous lengths women have gone to to look beautiful
From poisons to purposefully contracting life-threatening illnesses, women have gone to wild lengths to look ‘beautiful’.
Why tax literacy should be a national priority in Canada
If Canada is to maintain an informed, financially responsible and democratic society, tax literacy must be taken seriously.
AI is making elections weird: Lessons from a simulated war-game exercise
Red-teaming is a simulation technique that is used by cybersecurity experts to anticipate and remedy flaws and weaknesses in ...
Africa’s refugee camps are plagued by flooding: we looked into drainage systems that can withstand local conditions
Refugee camps in Ethiopia need to be made more liveable. Creating wetlands to provide greenery, absorb flash floods and ...