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1.5°C Paris Agreement target could net six million tons of fish annually
Meeting the Paris Agreement global warming target of 1.5°C will have large benefits to fisheries, finds a new Nippon Foundation-Nereus Program study published in Science. For every degree Celsius decrease in global warming, potential fish catches could increase by more than three million tonnes per year.
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Arts & Culture
How a ‘weird little hobby’ by artist Beth Frey went viral
When Beth Frey, GrDip 09, MFA 15, started experimenting with AI art and posting it on Instagram, she thought of it as just a “weird little hobby.”
“But about two months in, it went viral,” says Frey. “It started getting attention from all sorts of people, including in the film and music industries.”
The British Columbia native divides her time between Montreal and Mexico City, where she rents out a studio in a high school. Frey is a visual artist who works primarily with watercolour and in video performance. But her multidisciplinary practice found a new tool when she discovered an older AI image generator called VQGAN+CLIP.
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Travel
How I ended up naked, with a monkey, in a hot tub
"Hadaka no tsukiai" is the Japanese phrase for "naked companionship," the bonding that occurs in public baths. In the nude, there is nothing to hide and status means nothing; onsen, or hot springs, may be the most relaxed and uninhibited places in Japan. And here I was baring it all. To a monkey.
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Science & Environment
Research Investigating the Use of Cannabis as a Substitute for Opioids
The opioid epidemic continues to worsen, with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reporting 81,000 overdose deaths from 2019 to 2020. Meanwhile, 19 American states have legalized recreational cannabis. Could cannabis be used as a substitute for opioids or help lessen the harms?
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Arts & Culture
Film grad Patricia Chica debuts new feature, Montréal Girls
“You know about Montreal girls, right?”
Montréal Girls, a new film from Patricia Chica, BFA 95, this loaded question underpins the drama that awaits a student who moves to the city.
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Science & Environment
Pacific Island countries could lose 50-80 percent of fish in local waters under climate change
Many Pacific Island nations will lose 50 to 80 percent of marine species in their waters by the end of the 21st century if climate change continues unchecked, finds a new Nippon Foundation-Nereus Program study published in Marine Policy. This area of the ocean is projected to be the most severely impacted by aspects of climate change.
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Business & Technology
Cracking the YouTube Code with Derral Eves
“I've generated 87, almost 88 billion video views on YouTube, and a billion of them was just dumb luck… but the rest was strategy,” says top audience development strategist and expert Derral Eves.
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Business & Technology
Innovation Heroes: Spinning up a new legacy for an old brand
Kenmore appliances may sound like your grandmother’s brand. And that would make sense – the name first appeared on sewing machines in 1913. Kenmore sold everyday appliances, such as fridges, washing machines, and vacuums, exclusively at Sears department stores. But the brand went through a tipping point when Sears declared bankruptcy.
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Society
Missing justice marches for Indigenous women
“No one took the Morrison family seriously when they said that Tiffany was missing,” said Kary Ann Deer of Projets Autochtones du Québec. “They thought she was just a young native woman, out getting drunk and slacking on her responsibilities. All the police officers said was ‘She’ll come back.’”
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25 Best Celebrity Podcasts in 2025
New to podcasting or wondering what the rich and famous are up to lately? Maybe you’re a veteran podcaster and wondering what shows are popular now. Well, celebrity podcasts are hot. There seems to have been an explosion lately, with everyone from big-name celebrities, like Oprah and Kate Hudson, to old favorites, such as Jason Bateman and Dana Carvey, now recording their own shows.
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How to Take Control of Enterprise SaaS Sprawl
SaaS tools have revolutionized how businesses and individuals access software applications, with their ease of use, scalability, flexibility, and cost-effectiveness. Simply put: They’re powerful productivity drivers. But the reality of having a distributed workforce with access to thousands of apps at their fingertips is also causing a staggering growth of "SaaS sprawl" and Shadow IT.
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