The Canadian Civil Liberties Association has filed a lawsuit over plans to build a high-tech neighbourhood in downtown Toronto that would be equipped to collect multiple kinds of data on people there. Sidewalk Labs, a sister company of Google, plans… »
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Low scam awareness predicts dementia: study
A new study has found that decreased awareness about phone scams may be an early indicator of impending Alzheimer dementia and its precursor, mild cognitive impairment. Researchers at the Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center in Chicago tested 151 people for their… »
Economy, International, Society
Notre Dame restoration, a Canadian stonemason comments
The damage to this great cathedral can be easily seen to be devastating and extensive. The ancient oak beams supporting the steeply vaulted lead-covered roof are gone and speculation is they will not, and very possibly could not be replaced.… »
Anti-fat attitudes surge after celebrity fat-shaming: study
It is common for celebrities to be criticized about their weight and psychologists have found that when that happens, women’s negative attitudes about fat increase. Psychologists at McGill University looked at 20 instances of celebrity fat-shaming and women’s attitudes before… »
Health, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Controversial experiment: Chinese add human gene to monkey brains
Once again Chinese researchers are being condemned for an experiment involving genomics. The controversy comes from an effort to insert a human brain gene into eleven monkey embroyos. The five surviving monkeys did not have bigger brains but their brains… »
Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Health, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Jobs threatened, jobs created, the future of employment in 2030
Many reports suggest that technology and AI will threaten vast numbers of typical job categories we know today. A new report notes that other factors will also come into play in both eliminating and in creating jobs by 2030 including… »
Canada’s failure to ban pesticide called incomprehensible
The Canadian government issued restrictions on the use of nicotine-based pesticides called neonics on April 11, 2019, but environmental groups say they should instead be banned outright. These pesticides were banned for outdoor use by the European Union last year… »
International, Internet, Science & Technology
Helium shortage concerns science, industry
The price of helium is soaring and there is a shortage of this gas that is used for many scientific, medical and industrial purposes including the manufacture of cellphones and the functioning of MRIs. Supply is finite “We have a… »
Doctors advised to help parents of very young children
Crying, sleep and difficult behaviours may be very challenging for the parents of young children and the Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS) is calling on doctors to help. It has issued a statement urging doctors to ask parents open-ended questions to… »
Economy, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Disappearing cashiers: self check-out replacing people
Retail self-checkout: a trend but with backlash More and more stores are reducing cashiers and replacing them with self checkouts. But unlike ATM’s or self-serve gas stations, they are still not widely accepted by clients. However, it might be an… »
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