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The Dense Mass Beside an 80-Year-Old Woman's Jaw on CT Was Actually Her Cough Candy

A bright oval mass in an 80-year-old woman's cheek on CT puzzled radiologists until she revealed what she had been sucking on during the scan.

Medical Daily · Oct 21

An 8-Month-Old Was Labeled Allergic to Five Foods Until Doctors Noticed His Right Cheek Was Sweating

An infant was tagged with five food allergies. A supervised milk challenge revealed a misfiring facial nerve and lifted his dietary restrictions.

Medical Daily · Sep 14

‘Agrivoltaics’ can both power AI data centres and increase food production — new study

Artificial intelligence (AI) use is exploding. More than 50 per cent of new internet content was generated by AI in 2025, according to an industry report. We even train AI on AI-generated content now and, although this can degrade performance, it continues at breakneck pace.

The Conversation · Jun 17

How engineering can support more inclusive hockey leagues and bolster innovation

While engineering students may specialize in particular areas of engineering — for example, civil, electrical, chemical, mechanical or biomedical engineering — they all work in a similar way in applying design thinking.

The Conversation · Oct 8, 2024

Concerned about your early reader? Why ‘wait and see’ isn’t advised for reading struggles

At Western University’s Mary J. Wright Child and Youth Development Clinic, I work on a team training future school psychologists. In our work, we encounter parents concerned about their children’s learning on an almost daily basis.

The Conversation · Aug 19, 2024

Ontario floods: How nature-based solutions can promote effective flood management

This week, large areas of Ontario experienced severe flooding that caused widespread power outages, water damages and disruption. Severe rainfall events are not new, but they are becoming more frequent and costly due to human-caused climate change.

The Conversation · Jul 17, 2024

Educators wonder how to teach the writings of Alice Munro in wake of daughter's revelations

For decades, Robert Lecker has read, taught and written about Alice Munro, the Nobel laureate from Canada renowned for her short stories

The Independent UK · Jul 16, 2024

Young children with disabilities are excluded from national physical activity monitoring. That needs to change.

Physical activity is important for children; it supports improved health, development and sleep. However, children in the early years (from birth to age five) with disabilities are consistently underrepresented in national monitoring, and are subsequently excluded from intervention efforts promoting physical activity.

The Conversation · Jul 9, 2024

James Webb Space Telescope sees Orion Nebula in a stunning new light (images)

The Orion Nebula may be a familiar astronomical sight over Earth but that hasn't stopped the James Webb Space Telescope from seeing this star-forming region in a stunning new light.

Space · May 18, 2024

Provincial policies on campus sexual violence are inconsistent across Canada

Incidents of campus-based sexual violence and gender-based violence are not new. Though, in the past decade, there has been increased awareness and action from campus administrations in response to campus sexual violence.

The Conversation · Jan 10, 2024