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McMaster Researchers Weigh in on Potential Changes to Canada’s Food Guide — and Feelings are Mixed
Say goodbye to the four food groups – meat and meat alternatives, dairy, vegetables and fruit, and grain products.
Why Is Sea Level Rising Faster in Some Places Along the U.S. East Coast Than Others?
Sea levels are rising globally from ocean warming and melting of land ice, but the seas aren’t rising at the same rate everywhere.
Mangrove Patches Deserve Greater Recognition No Matter the Size
Governments must provide stronger protection for crucial small mangrove patches, is the call led by scientists at international conservation charity ZSL (Zoological Society of London), which hosts the IUCN SSC Mangrove Specialist Group, in a letter published in Science today (18 January 2019).
Applying physics to energy-efficient building design
Developing a perfectly energy-efficient building is relatively easy to do — if you don’t give the building’s occupants any control over their environment.
Researchers discover the brain cells that make pain unpleasant
If you step on a tack, neurons in your brain will register two things: that there’s a piercing physical sensation in your foot, and that it’s not pleasant.