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Spiritual benefits of going offline in a digital age

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Nawal Semir
In today’s digital world, spirituality is increasingly shaped by online spaces. Social media, apps and websites provide new ways to engage with faith, but they also reshape how people think about and practice spirituality....
Emma Gillich
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AI use in immigration processing

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Nawal Semir
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has officially rolled out a formal strategy governing its use of artificial intelligence (AI), signaling that the technology is now deeply embedded in the country’s immigration processing machinery...
Teegan Gillich
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Former U of M professor makes curling breakthrough

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Nawal Semir
Former U of M professor Gerry Sande has played a key role in the development of performance technology that has been used by Olympic and World Championship curling teams. Curling is widely believed to be...
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The key to a long life or the path to mental...

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Nawal Semir
Research suggests that increased reliance on smartwatches for habitual health monitoring may be increasing users’ anxiety. Currently there are more than 562.86 million smartwatch users globally, and the smartwatch market is valued at approximately USD...
Emma Gillich
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When “free” isn’t forever

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Nawal Semir
Snapchat has announced it will begin charging users for storing large amounts of content with its Memories feature -- a move that signals a broader shift in how social media platforms monetize user content....
Emma Gillich
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The Doomsday Clock inches ever closer to midnight

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Nawal Semir
The Doomsday Clock is now 85 seconds to midnight, the closest it has ever been in its history. Created in 1947, the clock is set each year by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists’...
Teegan Gillich
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The Earth has entered a new era of water bankruptcy

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Nawal Semir
A new report from the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment, and Health (UNU-INWEH) suggested that the globe has entered a new era of “water bankruptcy.” For the past four decades, the phrase “global...
Teegan Gil
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