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Inside the lives of Dal's leading scientists: Sciographies launches season six

Inside the lives of Dal's leading scientists: Sciographies launches season six

Sciographies, a popular podcast and radio show, invites listeners to explore the lives, research, and motivations of some of 蘑菇AV鈥檚 most fascinating scientists returns for a brand-new season.  Read more.

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Porn鈥檚 new program: Dal legal scholar's new book focuses on the shift to algorithms and legal frameworks to tame them
Porn鈥檚 new program: Dal legal scholar's new book focuses on the shift to algorithms and legal frameworks to tame them
Andrew Riley
Thursday, September 19, 2024
Dr. Elaine Craig's Mainstreaming Porn: Sexual Integrity and the Law Online explores how law, policy, and social measures can address the harmful consequences of algorithm-driven mainstream porn.
Unique study seeks clarity about the effects of cannabis on teen brains
Unique study seeks clarity about the effects of cannabis on teen brains
Alison Auld
Monday, September 23, 2024
Dal researchers are trying to better understand the potential relationship between cannabis use and brain development in teens, particularly among those who've experienced psychotic-like experiences.
This Dal researcher wants to ensure AI doesn鈥檛 ruin the environment
This Dal researcher wants to ensure AI doesn鈥檛 ruin the environment
Emily MacKinnon
Wednesday, September 25, 2024
Artificial intelligence tools are power hungry, generating huge emissions through electricity consumption. Computer Science's Dr. Tushar Sharma is striving to clean them up.

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Dal social anthropologist explores the joyful reasons people are drawn to Mardi Gras
Genevieve MacIntyre
Tuesday, February 6, 2024
Carnival From the Ground Up, a new exhibition of 70 photographs and stories on display in New Orleans now, pays tribute to the people who make the city's carnival by hand and who take it to the streets on foot.
Dal scientists develop device that helps improve spinal surgery outcomes
Alison Auld
Thursday, February 1, 2024
A new high-resolution imaging probe developed by 蘑菇AV researchers promises to give physicians a new tool to combat chronic back pain.
A matter of time: Dal鈥檚 3 Minute Thesis competition returns another year
Josh Boyter and Mia Samardzic
Wednesday, January 31, 2024
3MT gives Dal graduate researchers a platform to share and celebrate their ideas, with only 180 seconds to make a pitch in competition. Find out more about how to compete and gain some tips from 2023 champ, Joseph Orji.
Dal profs flip conventional stock market investment strategy on its head 鈥� and win an award for their work
Sonya Jampolsky
Friday, January 26, 2024
Want to reduce risk during global stock market turmoil? Drs. Najah Attig and Oumar Sy, recipients of this year's prestigious Graham and Dodd Scroll Award, demonstrate how diving further into international markets to diversify can help.
New technology is helping scientists map the ocean floor in the Gal谩pagos
Dani Silberman
Friday, January 26, 2024
Less than 10 per cent of the ocean floor has been adequately mapped, leaving scientists with unanswered questions about the Earth鈥檚 processes and history. These researchers are helping fill in the gaps.