In Eastern Ontario, mental health and addiction workers are growing frustrated with the slow pace of contract negotiations. The union representing over 240 workers at Addiction and Mental Health Services – Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington (AMHS-KFLA) has expressed dissatisfaction with the p
The annual UN climate conference is happening in Azerbaijan, but the world's biggest polluters and strongest economies aren't sending their top leaders. China, the US, India, and Indonesia—countries responsible for over 70% of global heat-trapping gases—are notably absent. Climate scientist Bill Har
Imagine being told to throw away almost 80, 000 pounds of butter because it didn't say it contains milk. Yes, you heard right! A recent recall by Costco has people scratching their heads. The FDA stepped in and said that Kirkland Signature butter didn't clearly mention milk as an ingredient, even th
Imagine a tiny explorer who's on a journey, but instead of a map, this adventurer relies on luck. This explorer could be a particle, or a tiny animal, wandering in an environment where conditions aren't always the same. Scientists call this a 'random walk', and they're interested in how fast this wa
Metastasis, or cancer spreading to other parts of the body, remains a major challenge in treatment. This happens when cancer cells break away from the primary tumor and travel through the bloodstream or lymphatic system. These wandering cancer cells are called circulating tumor cells (CTCs). High nu
Imagine walking in the park or roaming around your neighborhood. Did you know it could boost your creativity? Prior studies suggest that free walking enhances creative thinking. But does this really involve both body and mind together? And more importantly, can older adults benefit from this too? L
Ever wondered how to make reinforcement learning research easier? Meet UDE (Unified Distributed Environment), a clever toolkit designed to integrate various simulation platforms like Gazebo, Unity, Unreal, and OpenAI Gym. The cool part? UDE can run these environments on a remote machine while keepin
Imagine a walker exploring a network of paths, each path with its own set of random rules. This is a random walk in a random environment, or RWRE, and when these rules are based on something called the Dirichlet environment, something really interesting happens. Normally, RWREs are all about the ra
Bitcoin's value hit a new record high of $75, 000 after Donald Trump won the 2024 U. S. presidential election. The crypto community is excited, seeing this as good news for Bitcoin. Michael Saylor, who runs MicroStrategy, tweeted that we now have a "Bitcoin President. " Trump's stock in his company
Imagine diving into a subreddit about pets or movies, and suddenly, a political discussion erupts. You might think this only happens in political forums, but hold on! Research shows that nearly half of all political talk occurs in places where political content is barely there. We're talking about s
