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While AI hiring tools can save time and money for businesses when all they want to do is fill a job, experts caution that the platforms can overlook qualified candidates — and even introduce new biases into hiring processes if they're not carefully used.

Just because an item says it is compostable, doesn't necessarily mean you can toss it in your green bin. And as Vancouver considers requiring all single-use items be recyclable or compostable, some in…

Over the past two weeks, stories have been circulating saying that scientists are "baffled" after a piece of the sun "broke off," but that's not exactly true.

You may be swallowing billions of tiny plastic particles while sipping a cup of freshly brewed gourmet tea, a new study from McGill University in Montreal suggests.

A study conducted by researchers at McGill University and scientists from Italy suggests that blocking inflammation after injury might make that pain chronic — a finding that challenges the standard approach to treating pain.

Researchers are becoming increasingly critical of some brain scan studies that purport to show exactly how our minds shape our behaviour.

Cost-conscious shoppers should prepare themselves to start seeing a new fee when they make purchases, as retailers and other businesses will now be allowed to charge customers who pay with a credit card a fee for transactions.

It’s safe to say that online shoppers like the promise of easy — and even better, free — returns. But it may surprise consumers to learn what can actually happen to all those unwanted items. 

When Eliza Baynes decided to quit full-time work, she knew she was taking a risk. But she was also choosing to take care of her body and her mind by rejecting the idea that constant busyness is a marker of success.