Tales of the frontline females: Two perspectives
For International Women’s Week, let’s acknowledge the sacrifices made by the females of the frontlines during the COVID-19 pandemic. We compared two women’s experiences.
COVID-19 health outcomes among the homeless force the City to take action
The recognition of homeless populations as high-risk to COVID-19 has resulted in Toronto taking the important — and rather necessary — step to provide vaccinations to those in shelter systems in the city.
The science behind meditation
Researchers proclaim that mindfulness meditation can reduce stress and anxiety, among implementing many other benefits that provoke individuals to go about their challenges in a more positive manner.
Conservationists implore public to stop milking psychedelic toads
‘Toad licking’ describes the phenomena of consuming the psychedelic compound 5-MeO-DMT by way of milking the Sonoran desert toad.
Toronto continues lockdown while York Region moves to red zone
Stay-at-home orders remain in place for Toronto and Peel Region, while York Region progresses into the red zone.
What is love?
As Valentine’s Day rolls around, we’ll be taking a look at what really goes on inside our brains when we feel the powerful emotion of love.
The pandemic’s hardest hit
Deconstructing the Black experience in ensuring healthcare equity and trust in the system amid the pandemic.
Hard to be-leaf: Scientists engineer spinach plants to send emails
Talking to your plants gets a whole new meaning as scientists teach plants like spinach to communicate back to humans in an email-like fashion. Through nanotechnology, engineers at MIT in the U.S. have transformed spinach into sensors capable of detecting explosive materials.