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Bald eagles seen nesting in Toronto for first time

Mar 10, 2024 | News

The presence of nesting bald eagles is proof of the improving health of Toronto’s green spaces, as these birds are highly sensitive to environmental disturbances.

February was warmest on record globally, say scientists

Mar 6, 2024 | News

February was 1.77C warmer than the pre-industrial average for the month, from 1850 to 1900, and 0.81C above 1991-2020 levels. The global average temperature for the past 12 months was the highest on record, at 1.56C above pre-industrial levels.

Inventing Hindu supremacy

Feb 27, 2024 | Articles, History

Vinayak Savarkar ridiculed Gandhi, preaching that anti-Muslim violence was the only means to unite India into a nation.

The two women behind a world-changing scientific discovery

Feb 22, 2024 | Science, Video

The short film Good Chemistry takes viewers behind the scenes and beyond the headlines of the CRISPR gene-editing breakthrough.

Inside the new science of history

Feb 20, 2024 | History

Advances in fields such as spectrometry and gene sequencing are unleashing torrents of new data about the ancient world – and could offer answers to questions we never even knew to ask.