Indigenous family faced discrimination in North Bay, Ont., when they were kicked off transit bus
Ontario’s Human Rights Tribunal has awarded members of an Indigenous family in North Bay $15,000 each after it ruled they were victims of discrimination…
Country’s legal system aligns with int’l law, says FO amid criticism over military trials
The Foreign Office (FO) on Tuesday — in a response to critical statements over the recent sentencing of 25 civilians by military courts — said that the country’s legal system was consistent with “international human rights law, including provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)”…
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe completes historic Christmas Eve flyby of the sun — but it could take days to know if it survived
On Christmas Eve, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe flew closer to the sun than any human-made object ever — a stunning technological feat that scientists liken to the historic Apollo moon landing in 1969…
DSS founder wins appeal in $.65m cash detention case
The Court of Appeal has ruled in favour of Kerron Clarke, founder of the Drugs Sou Sou (DSS), overturning a magistrate’s decision to extend the detention of $656,200 under the Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA). The judgment, written by Justice of Appeal Mark Mohammed, found Clarke’s rights to due process and natural justice had been…
Engineering a smile: Stem cell–based conduits restore facial nerve function in animal study
A gesture as simple as a smile can often convey what words cannot. This is part of why nonverbal communication is so central to human interaction. It is also why facial nerve disorders and injuries can be devastating…
AI Catches Missing MRI Lesions
LOS ANGELES — An open-source artificial intelligence (AI) module can help identify epileptic lesions on MRI missed by human reviewers, including both focal cortical dysplasia (FCD) and hippocampal sclerosis, according to new research. An estimated 42%-55% of adult and pediatric patients with epilepsy who undergo surgery with negative MRI findings have FCDs…
Characterizing the Visual Experience of Astronauts at the Lunar South Pole
Humans are returning to the Moon—this time, to stay. Because our presence will be more permanent, NASA has selected a location that maximizes line-of-sight communication with Earth, solar visibility, and access to water ice: the Lunar South Pole (LSP). While the Sun is in the lunar sky more consistently at the poles…
Human thought crawls at 10 bits per second, Caltech study finds
Researchers at the California Institute of Technology have unveiled a startling revelation about the human mind: our thoughts move at a mere 10 bits per second, a rate that pales in comparison to the staggering billion bits per second at which our sensory systems gather environmental data…
Luigi Mangione Pleads Not Guilty to NY Murder and Other Charges
Luigi Mangione, the man accused of killing UHC CEO Brian Thompson, pled not guilty in NY on state murder and other charges. Mangione’s defense attorney expressed concern that her client was being “treated like a human ping pong ball.” (12/23/24…