6 ways to keep kids’ school skills sharp over the summer
Family outings and journal-writing can help keep kids' academic skills sharp during the summer. franckreporter / Getty ImagesWorried your kids...
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Political crowdfunding does more than raise money – it can also rile up opponents
Crowdfunding can be a great way to raise money for political candidates and causes, but it can also have unintended...
6 ways governments drive innovation – and how they can help post-pandemic resilience
ShutterstockThe COVID-19 pandemic has had an enormous impact on the global economy, with the total cost likely to exceed US$12.5...
Understanding why people reject science could lead to solutions for rebuilding trust
Health-care workers in Toronto protest the Canadian truckers convoy last February that was against vaccine mandates. (Shutterstock)Rejection of science is...
‘Hey Siri’: Virtual assistants are listening to children and then using the data
Virtual assistants are becoming a more common household fixture, and many children are growing up and interacting with them. (Shutterstock)In...
The Uber files: leaked documents reveal a strategy of chaos – has anything changed?
Lutsenko_OleksandrUber has had a controversial history since its founding in 2009, from violent conflicts among drivers to a secret software...
The next breakthrough tool in biology? It’s maths. Here are some ways mathematical biology is helping change the world
ShutterstockBiology is rich in patterns. You’ll find them everywhere – from the number of petals on a flower (which generally...
No, submitting junk data to period tracking apps won’t protect reproductive privacy
Social media is flush with advice urging non-menstruating people to use period tracking apps in order to trip up the...
What you need to know about surveillance and reproductive rights in a post Roe v Wade world
Prostock-studio / ShutterstockAfter the overturning of Roe v Wade in the US, tracking reproductive information has never been riskier. In...
Concerns over TikTok feeding user data to Beijing are back – and there’s good evidence to support them
amrothman from Pixabay, CC BY-SAWhen English statesman Sir Francis Bacon famously said “knowledge is power”, he could hardly have foreseen...
