Are we alone in the universe? It is one of the oldest questions humans have asked, but scientists can now investigate it with tools that would have been unimaginable only a few decades ago. Astronomers have confirmed thousands of planets beyond our solar system. Space missions are investigating potentially habitable worlds in our own solar…
Beginning August 1, 2023, Meta began blocking news content and links from being viewed by people in Canada on Facebook and Instagram. No court issued a publication ban. No minister ordered a takedown. Parliament passed a law that can require qualifying digital news intermediaries to bargain with eligible news businesses over compensation for making news…
Artificial intelligence is transforming our world, but it comes with a surprising cost. Discover how much water AI really uses, the massive electricity demands of data centers, and the other resources powering modern AI.
In the early hours of Friday, September 4, 2026, cheers erupted near Nepal’s Upper Trishuli 3A hydropower station as rescuers hauled two mud-caked men into daylight. Sanjay Sah, a 30-year-old mechanical foreman, and Kabir Maharjan, a 45-year-old mechanical supervisor, had spent nine days trapped deep inside a tunnel after a glacial collapse unleashed a deadly…
A municipal bylaw in Canada becomes law when the local council follows the process required by provincial legislation and the municipality’s own procedure rules. In many provinces, that involves three readings, but Canada has no single municipal bylaw procedure. The required steps vary significantly by province and by the type of bylaw involved. Additional notice,…
The Black Death was the first and deadliest wave of the second plague pandemic, a series of plague outbreaks that reshaped Eurasia and North Africa from the fourteenth century onward. Between the late 1340s and early 1350s, plague spread from central Eurasia through the Black Sea and Mediterranean worlds into Europe, the Middle East, and…
Government collects and spends enormous amounts of public money. Much of that spending pays for essential services such as healthcare, education, infrastructure, public safety and social programs. But not every dollar is necessarily spent efficiently. Government waste generally refers to public resources being used inefficiently, unnecessarily or without achieving the intended value or result. Waste…
Jealousy arrives like a verdict. In the moment it feels certain: someone is taking what is yours, or is about to. Science treats it more narrowly. Jealousy is a reaction to a perceived threat that a third person will take or change a relationship you already have. That is why psychologists separate it from envy….
The carnivore diet has attracted a devoted following online, including people with autoimmune diseases. The idea is straightforward: eliminate virtually all plant foods and eat primarily meat, fish, eggs and, depending on the version, dairy. Supporters often say the approach has helped with joint pain, digestive problems, skin symptoms and other issues they associate with…
A VPN does two main things. It builds an encrypted tunnel from your device to a server run by the VPN company. It makes websites and other internet services see that server’s IP address instead of the one your internet provider assigned you. It does not hide you from the site you log into. It…