Social Media Bans Won't Improve Teen Mental Health The year 2026 has been an expensive one for social media platforms.Since March, YouTube and Meta, the parent company of Instagram and Facebook, have settled or paid out in multiple lawsuits to the tune of more than US$17 billion for allegedly acting negligently, deliberately designing their platforms …
Hunter-Gatherer Equality: Anthropology Or Creation Myth? On the shores of Lake Eyasi in Northern Tanzania, a small number of people still hunt and gather their food. Today a Hadza hunter has taken down an animal – a kudu. He can’t carry it by himself, so he cuts his poisoned arrow from its flank, covers the …
BC200: Human Jumping Gene Found In Poxvirus A human gene that is both mobile and required for bodily functions wasn't known to exist - until scientists found a human genetic element, BC200, in a poxvirus and discovered it is important for brain function and is a jumping gene capable of moving and inserting itself in …
The Stanford Prison Experiment Is Now A Reality Show Philip Zimbardo’s legendary 1971 Stanford Prison Experiment is one of the most well-known, and notorious, research experiments in recent history.It has been the subject of countless books, TV episodes and podcasts – and now Netflix is turning it into a reality TV series.But what was the …
Luddites Is A Popular Technophobe Insult - Here's Who They Were American filmmaker George Lucas is one of the latest to indicate he’s open to AI in the movie industry. In a recent interview, the director said resistance to the technology was “very much like sitting here saying: ‘Well, I believe the horse and the …
Weaponizing Fraud: Trump Withholds Over $1B in Medicaid From California and Minnesota The Trump administration announced on July 21, 2026, that it’s withholding US$867 million in federal healthcare funding for California and $200 million for Minnesota – a total of more than $1 billion. Federal officials said the two states had failed to provide sufficient …
Does Cyclosporiasis Outbreak Mean Local Is Safer? The cyclosporiasis outbreak linked to fresh produce in the United States is raising concerns in Canada about the safety of imported food. While Canada has seen some recent cases of cyclosporiasis, officials say there is no link with the U.S. outbreak. The outbreak has drawn attention to public …
Trump Administration Rules Make Research Slower, Costlier and Harder to Share Most Americans don’t read the rules that govern the federal grants funding science. Those rules, called the Uniform Guidance, shape how cancer research is funded, graduate students are trained, clinical trials are sustained, universities stock their labs and discoveries from those labs move into …
South Africa’s Food System Is Failing Children Child malnutrition in South Africa casts a long shadow across the life course. For example, stunting or being short for their age compromises children’s physical growth and their brain development in ways that limit their education and employment prospects. Stunted and overweight children are both at greater risk …
Spend More Time With Your Dog This Christmas As daylight shortens and routines slow down, many people experience a dip in mood and motivation. The run-up to Christmas is marketed as joyful, but for a large number of households it brings family strain and a surprising amount of loneliness. Against this backdrop, it’s no wonder …
