Written by Louis-Etienne Dubois, Toronto Metropolitan University, and Miikka J. Letonen, Rikkyo University. Originally published in The Conversation. With live service games, players are learning that what they’ve really bought is not a game but access to it. And, evidently,…
Written by Ann Dale, Royal Roads University, and Sabrina Careri, Toronto Metropolitan University. Originally published in The Conversation. Simple things like avoiding chemical pesticides and leaving leaves where they fall can help make your garden a more welcoming environment for…
Written by Lauren McNamara, Toronto Metropolitan University, and Tracy Vaillancourt, University of Ottawa. Originally published in The Conversation. Children need pauses from cognitive effort, ideally involving unstructured play. Students play during recess on Lasqueti Island, B.C., in 2016. THE CANADIAN…
Written by Jason Wang, Toronto Metropolitan University. Originally published in The Conversation. Chris Martin of Coldplay performs during Coldplay’s Music Of The Spheres World Tour at D. Y. Patil Sports Stadium in Navi Mumbai on Jan. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Rajanish…
Written by Shiva S. Mohan, Toronto Metropolitan University. Originally published in The Conversation. A traveller hands documents to a U.S. Customs and Border Protection office at the Peace Bridge Port of Entry in Buffalo, N.Y. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston) Canada’s…
Written by Eugene Y. Chan, Toronto Metropolitan University, and Ali Gohary, La Trobe University. Originally published in The Conversation. People look at a Bergdorf Goodman window display on Fifth Avenue on Dec. 14, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)…
Written by Mohammadamin Ahmadfard, Toronto Metropolitan University. Originally published in The Conversation. By integrating renewables, AI can enable cities to manage diverse energy sources as a single, intelligent system. (Shutterstock) Artificial intelligence (AI) is quietly transforming how cities generate, store and…
Written by Deborah de Lange, Toronto Metropolitan University. Originally published in The Conversation. Prime Minister Mark Carney is seen during the closing news conference at the G7 Summit in Kananaskis, Alta., on June 17, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld The G7…
Written by Anthony Bonato, Toronto Metropolitan University. Originally published in The Conversation. President Donald Trump, from foreground centre to right, Elon Musk, his son, and in background at left, Secretary of State Marco Rubio attend a mixed martial arts fight…
Written by Christopher Campbell-Duruflé, Toronto Metropolitan University. Originally published in The Conversation. A wildfire in the Flin Flon, Man. area is shown in a government handout photo on May 27, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Manitoba Government As wildfire season begins, the destructive…
Written by Eugene Y. Chan, Toronto Metropolitan University. Originally published in The Conversation. Collectible figurines on display at Pop Mart in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine, on April 29, 2025. (Shutterstock) If you’ve seen videos of people tearing into tiny toy packages online, or…
Written by Irene Gammel, Toronto Metropolitan University. Originally published in The Conversation. U.S. Army soldiers march along Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C. during U.S. President Donald Trump’s Inaugural Parade in January 2017. (Kalie Jones) Born on June 14, 1946, United States…