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Ghosts visible on a street with trees and a fence in the background.

The World

Are ghosts real? A social psychologist examines the evidence

Certainly, lots of people believe in ghosts – a spirit left behind after someone who was alive has died. In a 2021 poll of...

The ConversationOctober 27, 2023

Sho Madjozi stands on a beach in the music video for Chalé

Features

Sho Madjozi: the pop star using traditional culture to shape a fresh identity for young South Africans

South African rapper Sho Madjozi is a bold and colourful presence in pop culture, as famous for her catchy lyrics as for using traditional...

The ConversationOctober 23, 2023

Purple and green lines blending together

The World

Why Google, Bing & other search engines’ embrace of generative AI threatens $68 billion SEO industry

Google, Microsoft and others boast that generative artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT will make searching the internet better than ever for users. For example,...

The ConversationOctober 23, 2023

A man covers his face in despair while sitting in front of a laptop

The World

What do a Black scientist, nonprofit executive and filmmaker have in common? They all face racism in the ‘gray areas’ of workplace culture

American workplaces talk a lot about diversity these days. In fact, you’d have a hard time finding a company that says it doesn’t value...

The ConversationOctober 20, 2023

The World

The book that haunts me – seven experts on the scariest thing they’ve ever read

A truly scary story never really leaves you. It lurks in long evening shadows, calls out through mysterious bumps in the night and blows...

The ConversationOctober 19, 2023

Scene from the film Killers of the Flower Moon

The World

Gangsters are the villains in Killers of the Flower Moon, but the biggest thief of Native American wealth was the US government

Director Martin Scorsese’s new movie, “Killers of the Flower Moon,” tells the true story of a string of murders on the Osage Nation‘s land...

The ConversationOctober 18, 2023

The World

In Killers of the Flower Moon, true crime reveals the paradoxes of the past

Martin Scorsese’s latest film Killers of the Flower Moon is based on a 2017 book of the same name by David Grann that chronicled...

The ConversationOctober 17, 2023

A dynamic cyberpunk style image with rappers and singers performing to a crowd in a digital comic book style, with soft colors and dramatic angles.

Features

How Canadian R&B artists like Drake & Justin Bieber complicate ideas of race, music & nationality

Drake and Justin Bieber are among the biggest popular music stars in the world. Part of their appeal has been blurring pop, hip-hop and...

The ConversationOctober 13, 2023

The World

Cannabis in Canada: Debunking myths about the real impacts of legalization

Before Canada legalized recreational cannabis in October 2018, there was considerable debate about its potential effects. Some predicted it would trigger an economic “goldrush,”...

The ConversationOctober 12, 2023

A Black woman messaging on modern cellphone

The World

Even before deepfakes, tech was a tool of abuse & control

Of the many “profound risks to society and humanity” that have tech experts worried about artificial intelligence (AI), the spread of fake images is...

The ConversationOctober 7, 2023