They're called fast radio bursts, or FRBs, and these odd, fleeting signals from space are shrouded in mystery. But thanks to Canada's largest radio聽telescope, astrophysicists are discovering more of them in their search to learn聽what makes these objects tick.
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Published on: 19 Aug 2019
"There is definitely a difference between the sources, with some being more prolific than others," physicist Ziggy Pleunis of 9I制作厂免费 told聽Science Alert. "We already knew from FRB 121102 that the bursts can be very clustered: sometimes the source doesn't burst for hours and hours and then suddenly you get multiple bursts in a short amount of time. We have observed the same thing for FRB 180916.J0158+65, for which we report 10 bursts in this paper."
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Published on: 16 Aug 2019
A sustainable food group based out of 9I制作厂免费's West Island campus wants Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue to allow residents to raise chickens in their backyard.聽The group, Mac Regenerative Food Hub, launched a petition Friday, calling on the municipality to legalize small-scale poultry husbandry.聽So far, more than 50 people have signed the petition. Its stated goal is to have 100 signatures.
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Published on: 15 Aug 2019
Negative memories associated with social defeat are more likely to take hold and "stick" to a web of neurons in some brains than others, according to a new study (Zhang et al., 2019) in mice. This web of neurons is called an "engram."聽
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Published on: 14 Aug 2019
Two聽9I制作厂免费聽professors have joined the fight against breast cancer, and are about to get a big injection of funds courtesy of the federal government.
Liberal MP Marc Miller was at 9I制作厂免费's Holmes Hall to announce a $6 million investment for research over the next four years.
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Published on: 14 Aug 2019
One of the biggest mysteries out there in the Universe is inching closer to answers. An astonishing聽eight聽new repeating radio signals known as fast radio bursts (FRBs) have been detected flaring from deep space.
There is definitely a difference between the sources, with some being more prolific than others," physicist Ziggy Pleunis of 9I制作厂免费 told ScienceAlert.
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Published on: 14 Aug 2019
August 12, 2019 | In this piece, Christopher Ragan, Director of the Max Bell School of Public Policy, argues that economists know the more we lean on carbon pricing, the better off our economy will be. He draws on the experience of Sweden's carbon tax and the U.S efforts to reduce acid rain by taxing sulfur-dioxide producing plants. Instead of opting for intrusive and complex policies to fight climate change, Ragan argues that Canada should create economic incentives that give households and businesses the freedom to respond to the market how they see fit.聽
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Published on: 12 Aug 2019
It is certainly true that there have been scientists and physicians who at first were ridiculed and were subsequently recognized as visionaries.聽There are numerous other examples of scientific ideas that were first opposed then embraced, says聽Joe Schwarcz,聽聽director of 9I制作厂免费鈥檚 Office for Science & Society (mcgill.ca/oss). He hosts The Dr. Joe Show on CJAD Radio 800 AM every Sunday from 3 to 4 p.m.
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Published on: 12 Aug 2019
August 7, 2019 | A report published by the Digital Democracy Project suggests that overall misinformation levels in Canada are low. However, certain trends in media consumption put news consumers and voters more at risk to be misinformed about key political issues. To learn more about how information and disinformation flow through journalistic and social media channels in the run-up to the October federal election, read the .
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Published on: 8 Aug 2019
August 8, 2019 | A survey launched by the Digital Democracy Project聽found that most Canadians across the political spectrum got a common set of facts from an array of mainstream media outlets. The report also highlighted voters' tendencies to select and consume news from sources聽that support their political beliefs, generating so-called echo chambers.
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Published on: 8 Aug 2019
August 8, 2019 | The聽Digital Democracy Project, an initiative of聽Max Bell School of Public Policy in collaboration with the Public Policy Forum, analyzes the increasing amounts of disinformation and hate in the digital public sphere. A new study shows the links between political affiliation and misinformation. Among other findings, it was shown that voters with strong political affiliation tended to be more frequently聽misinformed about political issues than voters with a looser political affiliation.
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Published on: 8 Aug 2019
August 8, 2019 | In an age where information is increasingly scrutinized yet more easily diffusable than ever, Canadians might be more misinformed than disinformed. New findings from the Digital Democracy Project聽show聽how information ricochets around the Canadian political landscape. Learn more about the ways in which exposure to certain news outlets affects voters and the democractic processes in elections.聽
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Published on: 8 Aug 2019
The stronger Canadians鈥� partisan views are, the more likely they are to choose the wrong answer on a series of factual policy questions, a survey has found.
Respondents were asked a series of neutral, factual questions, such as whether the unemployment rate was higher in 2015 or 2018, or whether the deficit had risen.
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Published on: 8 Aug 2019
Imagine building a new underground mine 鈥� or expanding an existing one 鈥� without using explosives.
That鈥檚 the goal of a new project unveiled in Sudbury on Wednesday. And while the announcement was made in here, the money 鈥� $1.5 million 鈥� will go to 9I制作厂免费 of Montreal to test cleaner methods of mining.聽
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Published on: 8 Aug 2019
I wanted to know how protection affects streams because most protected areas are not created specifically with streams in mind, says聽Dalal Hanna, a freshwater ecologist, science communicator, National Geographic Explorer, and PhD Candidate at 9I制作厂免费.聽
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Published on: 8 Aug 2019
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