How subversive artists made thrift shopping cool
Aug 17, 2017 15:17 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
National Thrift Shop Day (August 17) exists alongside other quirky holidays like Play Your Ukulele Day (February 2) and Rice Crispy Treat Day (September 18). Though intended as a lighthearted celebration of an acceptable...
Tracing the sources of today's Russian cyberthreat
Aug 17, 2017 15:14 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Beyond carrying all of our phone, text and internet communications, cyberspace is an active battleground, with cybercriminals, government agents and even military personnel probing weaknesses in corporate, national and...
Trump's threat to withdraw from NAFTA may hit a hurdle: The US Constitution
Aug 17, 2017 15:12 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
On Aug. 16, representatives of the U.S., Canada and Mexico formally begin renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), an accord that has governed matters of trade and security on the continent for 23...
How parents can help their freshman teens cope with stress
Aug 17, 2017 15:09 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
Entering high school can be an exciting experience, but for some teenagers it can also be scary, intimidating and confusing. According to one study, approximately half of all high school students feel a great deal of...
Does biology explain why men outnumber women in tech?
Aug 17, 2017 15:06 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Its no secret that Silicon Valley employs many more men than women in tech jobs. Whats much harder to agree on is why. The recent anti-diversity memo by a now former Google engineer has pushed this topic into the...
There may be a huge flaw in UK fracking hopes – the geology
Aug 17, 2017 15:04 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Gas is hugely important to the UK. The country uses over 65 billion cubic metres to heat most of its 25m homes and generate around a quarter of its electricity each year. Despite efforts to move to renewable energy sources...
Quiet Canadian, ugly American: Does racism differ north of the border?
Aug 17, 2017 15:02 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
In the aftermath of Charlottesville, its worth asking: Are Canadians really less racist than Americans? A recent issue of Rolling Stone magazine with a photo of a smiling Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the cover -...
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects