Flaws and definitions Chat, what is AI? ‘Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the field of computer science focused on creating systems or machines that can perform tasks that typically require human intelligence. These tasks include learning from experience, understanding language, recognizing patterns, solving problems, and making decisions’ (“Define artificial intelligence”). Similarly, in the Merriam-Webster dictionary, AI […]
PCOS & the body’s silent protest to weight loss What is the first thought that comes to mind when you see an overweight woman? That she is indolent? Lacks the willpower to exercise? Isn’t disciplined enough to stick to a diet? Or that there may be an underlying medical issue? If your instinct was one
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It’s more than just a phase “Stop controlling everything I do.” Sound familiar? That’s because no matter who we are, we have all been on the giving or receiving end of such teenage temper tantrums. Children, once predictable and compliant, are now teenagers who are impulsive and argue all the time. However, forms of such
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What you should know about the avian flu I remember growing up during the avian flu scare. Paranoid of the avian influenza LPAI H7N9 resurfacing around Asia in 2013, my mother stopped buying poultry altogether. She stopped hanging clothes out to dry, fearing that infected birds may excrete on them. She forbade me from feeding
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The future of climate action—commitment or collapse? On January 20, 2025, Donald Trump’s first day back in office, one of his many executive orders was titled ‘Putting America First in International Environmental Agreements,’ wherein he removed the United States of America from the Paris Agreement—just as he did at the end of his first presidency,
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Four couples who show us that we don’t need to be alone in the lab on Valentine’s Day It’s hard to imagine falling in love while working in the lab. Bright fluorescent lights, eyes strained from the microscope, and that one vent that always makes a weird noise—personally, it doesn’t really put me in the
How throwing yourself into an ice bath may be a good thing this flu season The internet is no stranger to trends—particularly those related to health. Recently, my Instagram has been flooded with videos of people entering cold plunges after warm baths. Trying a sauna and cold plunge cycle myself this winter break (most recently,
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How our perceptions of who does science are wrong Since we were children, science was presented to us in a specific way: white lab coats, pipettes, and a man working at the laboratory bench. We grow up with preconceived notions of what science is and who does it. The current and historical systemic exclusion of
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The insidious world of surveillance advertising Imagine this: pop-ups that plaster your browser window with the latest Zelda game that you just looked up, Spotify ads that feature your favourite indie artist’s upcoming tour, YouTube ads promoting that stunning Amalfi Coast resort right after you got tickets to fly there – coincidence? I think not.
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For most people in North America, polio is a distant memory – for Gazans, it is a part of their reality From the Canadian and North American perspective, the polio disease is generally regarded as a thing of the past. The three continental North American countries – Canada, the United States, and Mexico – have
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