Researchers at Art Gallery of Ontario identify painter and subject of 18th-century portrait of Black woman – The Art Newspaper
Both the painter and the sitter of a portrait of a young woman of colour purchased at auction…
Wholegrain rye changes gut bacteria and lowers inflammation in obesity trial
A 12-week randomized trial found that wholegrain rye did not beat refined wheat for weight loss, but it…
Do cycling desks drive students to the vending machine?
At the Physical Activity and Health Lab at CEPSUM, UdeM’s sports complex, 18 university students watched a 30-minute…
Exposure to nature reduces negative emotions and boosts brain capital
You probably heard it from your mom a thousand times – fresh air and sunshine; it’s the cure for most anything. Now…
Death is not the end: What physics says about dying
A flame goes out, and something in the room shifts with it. Not because matter has vanished, but…
Swedish study paints a more nuanced picture of Japan’s long life expectancy
Although people in Japan tend to live long lives, this does not necessarily mean they are healthier than…
Tuberculosis is on the rise in Canada
For many, evokes images of 19th-century sanatoriums, including many in Quebec. Yet the disease is far from eradicated.…
Study highlights neurological and psychiatric impacts of long COVID
Nearly three years after the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic was declared over, conservative estimates suggest that between 80 million and…
Expanding catalog of black hole collisions is rewriting the history of the universe
Between May 2023 and January 2024, a global network of gravitational-wave detectors picked up 128 new cosmic signals,…
Scientists are rethinking how young galaxies formed their magnetic fields
Magnetic fields that stretch across thousands of light-years should take a very long time to organize. Standard dynamo…
How parents shape kids’ fruit and vegetable habits
From what’s on the plate to how it’s served, this new research reveals how everyday parenting choices can…
6,800 feet below ground, in the search for dark matter, something has gone very, very cold
Six thousand eight hundred feet below the floor of an active nickel mine in northern Ontario, something has…