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[ March 25, 2026 ] From tropics to poles: How Pacific Ocean warming sets the stage for Antarctic stratospheric changes months later Phys.org-Environment
[ March 25, 2026 ] Need to parent differently now that your kid’s a teen or tween? Five techniques that actually work Phys.org-Social Sciences
[ March 25, 2026 ] Contaminated aquatic sediments can be remediated on site using new methods Phys.org-Environment
[ March 25, 2026 ] Community music education a key youth well-being strategy Phys.org-Social Sciences
[ March 25, 2026 ] New AI model uses attention to identify aspect-specific emotion in text Artificial Intelligence

Tech giants need to step up to help close Canada’s digital divide

February 3, 2022 The Conversation

The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the extent to which we all rely on the internet in our day-to-day lives. It’s also highlighted the unfortunate fact that many Canadians in remote northern communities cannot depend on reliable internet for essential […]

Daemons are the programs that run the internet. Here’s why it’s important to understand them.

February 1, 2022 The Conversation

Daemons are real. Or at least computer daemons are. A daemon is early computer slang. In the first computer labs, daemons meant the programs running in the background, doing the invisible work of keeping systems online. The word […]