TikTok has decided to fight back against Canada's decision to make it shut down its business in the country. The company filed a case in Vancouver's Federal Court on December 5, hoping to overturn the government's order. Why did Canada do this? Because of concerns about national security, linked to
Pregnant women dealing with gestational diabetes have shared valuable insights that could help make prenatal care better. A recent study took a close look at many qualitative research papers to find common themes in women's feedback. The goal was to understand how to improve prenatal care based on r
Imagine you're a small business owner who received a federal COVID loan to keep your doors open. Now, you're in a mess because the loan has been sent to collections, even though you've been trying to pay it back. Sounds unfair, right? Well, this is happening to many small business owners. The Small
Recently, a groundbreaking machine learning weather forecast model named GenCast has shown it can outperform traditional systems in certain situations. Developed by researchers at Google DeepMind, this model uses a diffusion approach similar to AI image generators to create multiple forecasts quickl
Have you ever thought about how sports can shape how a country thinks about itself? In Russia, President Vladimir Putin has been using big sports events to create a fresh story about what it means to be Russian. He looks back to the days of the tsars and the Soviet Union, pushing elite sports and tr
A groundbreaking development has been made in the realm of string field theory. Scientists have finally filled in the missing pieces of Witten's cubic string field theory, specifically the off-shell factor in the 4-tachyon amplitude. This breakthrough was accomplished using the Moyal star formulatio
Researchers have been quick to blame social media for negative impacts on teens' mental health, but is it the whole story? A recent study decided to find out by tracking 154 teenagers aged 12 to 15 every four hours for two weeks. They wanted to see if using social media causes more negative emotions
On Thursday, two big-name business leaders, Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, met with Republican lawmakers. They're part of a new commission aimed at making the federal government leaner. The day started with Ramaswamy chatting with Senate Republicans about his ideas. He even suggested that some gover
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has given orders to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to take control of a buffer zone in Syria. This zone, located in Syrian territory, had been demilitarized as per the 1974 Disengagement Agreement. However, Netanyahu announced that this agreement has falle
Have you ever wondered why some people turn to violent extremism? Experts have been puzzled by this question for a long time. One tool they use is called Structured Professional Judgement (SPJ), which helps figure out what makes someone more or less likely to engage in extreme behavior. However, the
