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[ October 29, 2026 ] End of COVID-era SNAP emergency food assistance linked to increased child maltreatment rates Phys.org-Social Sciences
[ October 28, 2026 ] Optimistic climate futures for local communities in the UK imagined in a new report Phys.org-Environment
[ October 28, 2026 ] How the Indian Ocean is linked to Europe’s early-winter rain and storms Phys.org-Environment
[ October 28, 2026 ] The phantom lighthouse: New research explains one of Australia’s strangest illusions Phys.org-Social Sciences
[ October 28, 2026 ] Schools increasingly affected by poor air quality as wildfire smoke becomes more common Phys.org-Environment

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 […]