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Laëtitia Renée finds that career counselling in high school does more to reduce disparities in progression to post-secondary education than one-off financial aid - and increases long-term income.

And the results are no joke.

Getting one's groove on, A.K.A. busting a move, is an age-old tradition that dates back more than 50,000 years to the time of Neanderthals and Cro-Magnon humans, who rhythmically writhed to drumming and even vocalizations.

Two confirmed cases of solar retinopathy in Quebec following the eclipse highlight the importance of properly protecting your eyes, even during very brief exposure.

Researchers from the University of Waterloo have achieved a feat previously thought to be impossible - getting a sphere to roll down a totally vertical surface without applying any external force.

A study by researchers at the IRCM and UdeM offers new hope for understanding and limiting the metastatic recurrence of breast cancer.

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There are an estimated 3 billion fewer birds in Canada and the United States today than there were in 1970.

An inter-university research group has serious questions about Quebec's Bill 94, which tightens secularism in the province's education system.

In late 2020, a female coastal wolf collared for a study on predation patterns unexpectedly died in southeastern Alaska.

A team of University of Calgary undergraduates hopes to tackle bird flu by developing a continuous early detection system for the virus. Highly infectious avian influenza, more commonly known as bird flu, has impacted 167 million birds in the U.S. since 2022 and has become more effective at crossing species.