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We now know why we find some jokes funny – thanks to Seinfeld
Scientists have a better understanding of how we enjoy jokes after monitoring people’s brain activity while they watched the sitcom…
Why is China’s high-quality research footprint becoming more introverted?
Data from the Nature Index suggest China-based authors are increasingly publishing without international colleagues. When China overtook the United States…
We’re going to need a bigger fishbowl
A tiny goldfish might look cute in a fishbowl on your shelf, but if released into the wild it can…
Making perovskite solar cells more durable
Expanding our use of solar energy is an important part of the fight against climate change by decarbonizing the economy.…
No Longer a Death Sentence, HIV Diagnosis Still Hits Hard
Veronica Brady and her team at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston sat down with 37 people…
Emergence of huge cicada generation in 2021 led to a caterpillar boom
The emergence of ‘Brood X’ periodical cicadas in the US in 2021 gave birds a new food source, leading to…
Publications
- Aperio (1)
- Arctic Deeply (3)
- Audubon Magazine (1)
- BMJ (3)
- Canadian Geographic (14)
- Canadian Medical Association Journal (61)
- Canadian Science Writers' Association (1)
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- Great Lakes Now (13)
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- Nature (94)
- Nature Biotechnology (5)
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- New Scientist (49)
- Research Canada (2)
- Research Fortnight (6)
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- The Lancet (19)
- The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health (1)
- The Lancet Rheumatology (4)
- The Narwhal (2)
- The Pharmaceutical Journal (6)
- The Tyee (83)
- University Affairs (26)
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