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Gen Z is struggling to find work: 4 stategies to move forward
Today’s youth are navigating a perfect storm of persistent inflation, global trade tensions, a saturated labour market and ...
Survey: Only four per cent of Canadians give schools an ‘A’ on climate education – students deserve better
A strong majority of Canadians believe climate change should be a priority in education, but teachers and students lack the ...
Battery swapping stations powered by solar and wind: we show how this could work for electric vehicles in South Africa
Electric vehicles are expensive and yet to take off in South Africa. Wind and solar powered battery swapping stations could ...
Plankton can investigate crime, affect the climate and influence science
Plankton are vital to planetary and climate stability and are therefore important contributors to human well-being.
Zanzibar’s baobab trees used to be a valued part of society – drone images help prove it
New research has found that Swahili societies in Zanzibar landscaped baobab trees into their settlements 1,000 years ago, and continue caring for the trees today.
Iran emerged weakened and vulnerable after war with Israel − and that could mean trouble for country’s ethnic minorities
The Islamic Republic has a history of targeting minority ethnic groups, especially the Kurds, when it feels threatened.
Back to the Future at 40: the trilogy has never been remade – let’s hope that doesn’t change
The trilogy has thankfully avoided the common traps of remakes and the sprawling expanded universe trend, which has diluted ...
Jews were barred from Spain’s New World colonies − but that didn’t stop Jewish and converso writers from describing the Americas
Two 16th-century texts about the Americas by Jewish writers reflect the complicated place Jews and ‘conversos’ held in the ...
What Trump’s budget proposal says about his environmental values
The White House proposal represents a dramatic retreat from the national goals of clean air and clean water enacted in ...
Hurricane Helene set up future disasters, from landslides to flooding – cascading hazards like these are now upending risk models
Risk models can’t rely just on the past anymore. A team of geoscientists suggests new ways to forecast evolving hazards in ...
Toxic algae blooms are lasting longer in Lake Erie − why that’s a worry for people and pets
The blooms have become an annual problem in the Great Lakes. DNA studies show what’s growing there and why it’s dangerous.