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In today’s The Conversation Canada, we have some good news for multilingual families. Contrary to early research that was guided by assumptions that learning one language is the usual and optimal way to learn to talk, Ariel John Orena of the University of British Columbia and Linda Polka of McGill University say babies can soak up at least two languages with little extra effort.
Sylvain Charlebois of Dalhousie University writes that plant-based eating is on the rise and, with it, an apparent return to old-school guilt tactics used by earlier vegan activists. He’s advising some vegans to tone down their activism, arguing that in-your-face efforts to urge people not to eat meat are ineffective and unhelpful.
Did you know daemons are real? Digital daemons, that is. Fenwick McKelvey of Concordia University explains what they are – the programs that run in the background of our computers – and why understanding their capacity to benefit or harm us is crucial for managing the internet.
Finally, Marc Epprecht of Queen’s University explains how a recent Botswana ruling that decriminalizes gay sex is a landmark moment for LGBTQ rights all over southern Africa.
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Contemporary research challenges older ideas that early exposure to a single language is best.
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Adriel John Orena, University of British Columbia; Linda Polka, McGill University
Research shows babies in bilingual environments can track the precursors to words, known as word forms, in two languages.
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Vegan activists have historically been vocal in their ‘meat is murder’ campaigns. With a plant-based protein revolution upon us, it’s time vegans rethought their tactics.
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Sylvain Charlebois, Dalhousie University
If pro-veganism campaigns are in bad taste, veganism has a lot to lose, as we all do. The market needs vegan activists who are rational and present their ideas thoughtfully, with the intent to educate.
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To be able to regulate the internet, we need to understand the programs that manage how it works and what it does.
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Fenwick McKelvey, Concordia University
Internet daemons are the programs that run in the background of our computers. Understanding what they are, and their capacity to benefit or harm us, is crucial for managing the internet.
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Activists celebrate outside the High Court in Gaborone, Botswana on June 11, 2019. Botswana became the latest country to decriminalize gay sex.
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Marc Epprecht, Queen's University, Ontario
The recent ruling to decriminalize same sex behaviour in Botswana may have a positive impact on the rest of southern Africa.
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Que ressentez-vous par rapport à Facebook?
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Jennifer Grygiel, Syracuse University
L'un des effets du changement d'algorithme a été de réduire le nombre d'interactions entre les utilisateurs de Facebook et les médias crédibles.
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Business + Economy
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Bhaskar Chakravorti, Tufts University
There's no way an independent assessor will be able to actually monitor how Facebook might violate or abuse users' privacy in key ways.
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Health + Medicine
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Andrew Gibbs, South African Medical Research Council
Poverty, traumatic experiences, and gender inequalities, directly increased HIV-risk behaviours such as having unprotected sex and having multiple sexual partners.
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Environment + Energy
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Jefim Vogel, University of Leeds; Joel Millward-Hopkins, University of Leeds; Yannick Oswald, University of Leeds
Turning from the conflict of airport expansions to a vision of a low-carbon transport system.
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