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Canada's forestry sector is responsible for far more greenhouse gas emissions than show up in official tallies, potentially leading to policies that aren't in line with the country's climate goals, a new study suggests.The peer-reviewed study, published in the academic journal Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, found that annual greenhouse gas emissions attributable to forestry between 2005 and 2021 were, on average, nearly 91 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent — which would put the sector on par with…

Wordle 914 answer for December 20: Wordle has started getting challenging again. Players must have enjoyed an easy few days last week when barely any puzzle took effort to solve. But now, it seems that Wordle is going to push people to the limit. And it makes sense. People have been growing their winning streaks for a while and today will be the first real threat to protect it. If you're even a little unsure about today's puzzle, you need to check these Wordle hints and clues because always make sure you get to the…

If 2022 was the year mpox infections exploded globally, 2023 was the year much of the world stopped paying attention.Yet Canadian researchers, in collaboration with scientists working on the ground in hot spots such as Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), are still shining a spotlight on the virus that sparked last year's unprecedented global outbreak — and one that still seems capable of new surprises. One joint Canadian-DRC research team, co-led by Jason Kindrachuk from the University of Manitoba, has…

The admissions consultant described what it takes to get into an elite college: Take 10 to 20 Advanced Placement courses. Create a “showstopper project.”Asian American students need to be extremely strategic in how they present themselves, “to avoid anti-Asian discrimination,” the consultant, Sasha Chada of Ivy Scholars, said at the October webinar to an audience of mostly Asian parents and students. Edward Yen, who doesn’t consider himself a “tiger parent,” wondered what extreme accomplishments his 11-year-old daughter…

This story is part of CBC Health's Second Opinion, a weekly analysis of health and medical science news emailed to subscribers on Saturday mornings. If you haven't subscribed yet, you can do that by clicking here.Shift workers sleeping at erratic hours. Students pulling all-nighters. Menopausal women tossing and turning in bed from hot flashes.There are a host of reasons why people have periods of poor sleep. And anyone who's endured back-to-back nights of sub-par slumber likely knows the result: Feelings of brain fog,…

This story is part of CBC Health's Second Opinion, a weekly analysis of health and medical science news emailed to subscribers on Saturday mornings. If you haven't subscribed yet, you can do that by clicking here.The impacts of climate change hit Canada hard in recent years, from the deadly heat dome of 2021 to the country's worst-ever wildfire season last summer. And those devastating environmental disasters provoked a lot of anxiety among pregnant individuals."Pregnancy, even without heat and smoke, is a time when…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain In an ideal workplace, organizations should strive to protect employees from abusive supervisors, but for employees who experience this type of intense workplace stress, new research from the University at Buffalo School of Management offers insight and coping strategies. Available online ahead of…

After Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez reconnected in 2021, the paparazzi have been following the couple's every moment. Ben and Jennifer married in Las Vegas on July 16, 2022. The couple is often photographed running errands. A recent video of Ben escorting Jennifer to their car, and then slamming the door, has gone viral on Tik Tok and Twitter. (Also read: Air review: Ben Affleck scores high in superbly crafted sports drama on Nike's deal with Michael Jordan) Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez were filmed as they got…

A Windsor house plant enthusiast has made a big realization about his beloved green friends after reading up on a new study out of Tel Aviv University in Israel. "It means that probably a lot of house plants are screaming," exclaimed Drew Beaudoin. The new study out of Israel — the findings of which were published by the peer-reviewed scientific journal Cell — has discovered that plants emit sounds, particularly when under stress — but at a range too high for humans to hear."We arrived to this research from an open…

Researchers at Tel Aviv University have discovered that stressed tomato and tobacco plants emit sounds similar to bubble-wrap being popped. These ultrasonic noises, which are inaudible to humans, may be detectable by insects, other mammals, and possibly other plants. The sounds could be a form of communication, carrying information about plant stress levels. Using microphones, the team recorded the sounds of healthy and stressed plants and trained a machine-learning algorithm to differentiate between the types of stress…