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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan speaks during a media conference at the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, in July 2026. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

From east to west: Why Turkey is playing both sides

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan doesn’t want others defining Turkey’s choices. He’s seeking a better position within an existing world order and recognition that Turkey is entitled to forge its own path.
The 2026 Ig Nobel Prize winners included a study of the aerodynamics of nose blowing, and a study finding that upper class people are more likely to snatch from a children’s supply of candy. (Unsplash/Zyanya Citlalli)

Science that makes you laugh? Canadian engineers win Ig Nobel Technology Prize for 3D ‘necroprinting’ with mosquitoes

The team printed a honeycomb and a Canadian maple leaf, both roughly the size of a single grain of sand.
Peripheral artery disease may go unnoticed because people with leg pain symptoms may walk less, avoid stairs or may attribute symptoms to arthritis or aging. (Unsplash+/Getty Images)

Leg pain can warn of a serious condition: Why peripheral artery disease (PAD) needs more attention

Leg pain can be a symptom of peripheral artery disease, a condition that is part of the same disease process that causes heart attacks and many strokes.
Strikes are a key tool workers use during collective bargaining disputes, and Bill C-39 has renewed debate over the role of government in resolving such disputes. Air Canada flight attendants on strike at Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, B.C., on Aug. 16, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns

Canada’s proposed labour reforms could shift power away from workers in major disputes

Bill C-39 makes it easier for Ottawa to intervene when collective bargaining produces the very conflict that it is designed to manage.
Studies show that parents who reported these thoughts were no more likely to engage in physical aggression toward their infant than parents who did not report having them. (Unsplash)

Half of new parents have unwanted, intrusive thoughts of harming their infants. Research suggests most aren’t dangerous.

Unwanted, intrusive thoughts about infant harm are a normal, common feature of new parenthood, not necessarily a sign that a parent poses a danger to their child.
The stories we tell ourselves help shape our lives. Unsplash/Emmanuel Ikwuegbu

The stories we tell ourselves shape who we are

There is a persistent gap between institutional commitments to equity and diversity and the realities students encounter in Canadian higher education.
Teamsters Canada Rail Conference members walk a picket line at the CPKC headquarters in Calgary, Alta., in 2024. The railway sector has played an important role in Canada’s labour movement. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

Canada says proposed labour rules will reduce strike interventions. History suggests a more complicated picture

The federal government says new labour rules will reduce intervention in strikes, but they could weaken workers’ bargaining power.
Families expect to help, but they should not be expected to co-ordinate the entire health and social care systems for the person they care for. (Unsplash+/Getty Images)

Families provide dementia care. Why must they also be the air traffic controllers of the system?

Families are still expected to navigate disconnected health and community services on their own. A new report sets out what governments can do to change that.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and French President Emmanuel Macron embrace after delivering remarks in Saint-Pierre, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, a French territory 20 kilometres off the southern coast of Newfoundland, on Sept. 20, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

From French outpost to Euro‑Canadian corridor? Why Carney and Macron met in Saint‑Pierre‑et‑Miquelon

Donald Trump has given France and Canada another reason to close ranks. For Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, the test is whether it will produce lasting investment and development opportunities.
Many people continue working while managing chronic pain, often adapting their tasks and environments to reduce its impact. (Unsplash+_)

Living with chronic pain at work: Supportive managers can help, but they can’t solve everything

New research shows supportive supervisors may help protect employees’ psychological well-being, but meaningful support requires workplaces that can adapt to changing needs.
Métis families in front of a cabin at the Cypress Hills near Fort Walsh, in 1927. (Willard A. Dumont Collection)

Mawachihitotaak: For Métis, it matters to say ‘let’s get together’ to share stories

There is a great need for ongoing authentic Métis voice, representation and expression of our unique cultural identity, and a Métis studies conference convenes people this September.