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Discover a selection of international news coverage of the advances made by the CIFAR global research community. To arrange an interview with one of our experts, contact Senior Communications Officer Liz Do.
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Slate | Those Beautiful James Webb Space Telescope Images Are Just the Beginning
July 13, 2022
CIFAR in the News
Toronto Star | Can we make artificial intelligence less racist?
June 22, 2022
CIFAR in the News
The New York Times | ‘It’s Life of Death’: The Mental Health Crisis Among U.S. Teens
April 23, 2022
CIFAR in the News
Financial Post | Lunch with Dan Breznitz: 'Our kids will have a worse life than us, unless we change Canadian business'
April 19, 2022
CIFAR in the News
The Verge | Keywords from hallucinogenic experiences can help find parts of the brain affected by drugs
March 16, 2022
CIFAR in the News
New Scientist | There are neurons in the brain that only seem to respond to singing
February 22, 2022
CIFAR in the News
Scientific American | How AI Could Prevent the Development of New Illicit Drugs
January 05, 2022
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Vanity Fair | In the shadows: the orphans COVID left behind
December 15, 2021 TRUSTED EXPERTISE
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November 2022
As Doubts Grow Over Self-Driving Vehicles, This Ambitious Upstart Rolls Out Its First Robot Trucks
Forbes
Profile of work by Raquel Urtasun
Canada's welcoming artificial intelligence research ecosystem
Nature
Interview with Elissa Strome
How a hunt for secret nuclear weapon tests led to the discovery of the most violent explosions in the Universe
Science Focus
Article by Katie Mack
What quantum technology means for Canada’s future
The Conversation
Op-ed by Stephanie Simmons
October 2022
The big idea: do we all experience the world in the same way?
The Guardian
Article by Anil Seth
Missing element for life may be present in ocean of Saturn's moon Enceladus
Space.com
Profile of work by Jihua Hao
Covid-19 appears to affect memory less than other aspects of cognition
New Scientist
Profile of work by Adrian Owen
How the ‘Black Death’ Left Its Genetic Mark on Future Generations
The New York Times
Profile of work by Hendrik Poinar
Neurons in a dish learn to play Pong — what’s next?
Nature
Profile of work by Adeel Razi
September 2022
The U.S.’s huge investment in science and innovation demands an equivalent approach in Canada
The Globe and Mail
Op-ed by Alan Bernstein & Meric Gertler
Canadian researchers using machine learning to mitigate effects of climate change
CBC
Profile of work by David Rolnick
In Search of the Best Milk Recipe for Preemies’ Gut Bacteria
The Scientist
Profile of work by Meghan Azad
Low-calorie sweeteners might not be as good for us as we thought
National Geographic
Profile of work by Eran Elinav
What's the right age to get a smartphone?
BBC
Interview with Candice Odgers
August 2022
Canada's life sciences pipeline is clogged. Here's how we can fix it
The Globe and Mail
Op-ed by Leah Cowen
Four rising stars who are reshaping nanoscience
Nature
Profile of work by Zakaria Al Balushi
Self-Taught AI Shows Similarities to How the Brain Works
Quanta Magazine
Interview with Blake Richards
No music training? No problem: Even novices intuit complex music theory
Science
Profile of work by Isabella Peretz
July 2022
Those Beautiful James Webb Space Telescope Images Are Just the Beginning
Slate
Interview with Katie Mack
What Big Data Says About Psychedelics
Psychology Today
Article by Danilo Bzdok
Old computer technology points the way to future of quantum computing
The Record
Interview with Stephanie Simmons
Discovery of 'young' deep groundwater tells surprising tale
Phys Org
Profile of work by Jennifer McIntosh
In Experiment, AI Successfully Impersonates Famous Philosopher
Vice
Interview with Daniel Dennett
June 2022
Post falsely suggests genes don’t contribute to autism
AP News
Interview with Charles Nelson
Imagining early Earth as an exoplanet can help us search for alien life, scientists say
Space
Profile of work by Heather Graham
How to Make the Universe Think for Us
Quanta Magazine
Interview with Peter McMahon
Can we make artificial intelligence less racist?
Toronto Star
Interview with Elissa Strome and Golnoosh Farnadi
The Darkest Sci-Fi Movie On Amazon Prime Reveals a Controversial Robotics Debate
Inverse
Interview with Baobao Zhang
May 2022
Canadian workers are not at risk of being replaced by robots – but that might not be a good thing
The Globe and Mail
Interview with Dan Breznitz
Meta wants to improve its AI by studying human brains
Popular Science
Profile of work by Joelle Pineau
Drug-Resistant Mold Increasingly Causing Serious Lung Infections
Forbes
Interview with Matthew Fisher
AI can tell your race from an X-ray image — and scientists can't figure out how
National Post
Profile of work by Marzyeh Ghassemi
Picking Up the Pace of Scientific Discovery
University of Toronto Magazine
Interview with Alán Aspuru-Guzik
April 2022
Poop Transplants Could Be Used to Treat Peanut Allergies - Study
Inverse
Profile of work by Liping Zhao
The importance of data audits when building AI
VentureBeat
Op-ed by Pieter Abbeel
Lunch with Dan Breznitz: 'Our kids will have a worse life than us, unless we change Canadian business'
Financial Post
Interview with Dan Breznitz
Canada has a secret weapon in the race for self-driving cars: winter
Toronto Star
Profile of work by Raquel Urtasun
Are Phones Good for Students?
Tech & Learning
Profile of work by Candice Odgers
March 2022
AI and the metaverse: It’s a two-way street
Protocol
Interview with Joelle Pineau
What does Russia’s invasion of Ukraine mean for Chernobyl?
The Verge
Interview with Kate Brown
Keywords from hallucinogenic experiences can help find parts of the brain affected by drugs
The Verge
Profile of work by Danilo Bzdok
Is Geometry a Language That Only Humans Know?
The New York Times
Interview with Yoshua Bengio
Prize-winning author says Canada must fix 'horrific' approach to innovation
CBC
Interview with Dan Breznitz
February 2022
Canadian AI simulator maker Waabi aims to recharge the quest for autonomous vehicles
The Globe and Mail
Profile of work by Raquel Urtasun
How robots can make aging in place more enjoyable
The Globe and Mail
Profile of work by Goldie Nejat
There are neurons in the brain that only seem to respond to singing
New Scientist
Profile of work by Nancy Kanwisher
Monkey Study Reveals a Troubling Link Between Natural Disasters and Aging
Inverse Magazine
Profile of work by Jenny Tung
January 2022
The fate of COVID-19 depends on rapid data sharing
The Globe and Mail
Op-ed coauthored by Alan Bernstein
How AI Could Prevent the Development of New Illicit Drugs
Scientific American
Profile of work by Russell Greiner
Star streams reveal Milky Way’s ravenous history
The Globe and Mail
Interview with Julio Navarro
Canada bet big on a national AI strategy. Is it paying off?
The Logic
Profile of Work by the Pan-Canadian AI Strategy
How A.I. Conquered Poker
The New York Times Magazine
Profile of work by Neil Burch
December 2021
Ice age mammoth and horse DNA found in soil samples left in freezer
Gizmodo
Profile of work by Hendrik Poinar
In the shadows: the orphans COVID left behind
Vanity Fair
Profile of work by Charles Nelson
Scientists use extreme stars to test the limits of Albert Einstein's greatest theory
Newsweek
Profile of work by Ingrid Stairs
What children lose when their brains develop too fast
The Wall Street Journal
Profile of work by Allyson Mackey
November 2021
Your Brain Is an Energy-Efficient 'Prediction Machine'
WIRED
Profile of work by Blake Richards and Konrad Kording
A critical mass of learning at Mila, Canada
Nature
Profile of advances made through the CIFAR Pan-Canadian AI Strategy
A former Uber executive takes a fresh approach to self-driving vehicles
The Wall Street Journal
Profile of work by Raquel Urtasun
Why are we conscious? The answer lies in other animals’ heads
The New Scientist
Interviews with Anil Seth and Daniel Dennett
How AI will change what happens when you see a doctor
The Globe and Mail
Interviews with Bo Wang and Frank Rudzicz
It's time to fear the fungi
WIRED
Profile of work by Alberto Casadevall
Can a digital reality be jacked directly into your brain?
WIRED
Profile of work by Nancy Kanwisher
Life is complicated—literally, astrobiologists say
Scientific American
Profile of work by Heather Graham
October 2021
Anil Seth finds consciousness in life’s push against entropy
Quanta
Profile of work by Anil Seth
Facebook's own data is not as conclusive as you think about teens and mental health
NPR
Interview with Candice Odgers
This website helps you imagine what extreme climate change will do to your home
CNN
Profile of work led by Yoshua Bengio
Cleaner Fish Alter Behavior if Partners Can See Them “Cheating”
The Scientist
Profile of work by Katherine McAuliffe
This chemist is reimagining the discovery of materials using AI and automation
MIT Technology Review
Profile of work by Alan Aspuru-Guzik
Amazon joins race for quantum computer with new Caltech center
Washington Post
Profile of work led by John Preskill
September 2021
Neighbours fear that Afghan refugees could spark civil conflict
The Economist
Profile of work by Yang-Yang Zhou
Modern capitalism is inseparable from surveillance
The Washington Post
Op-ed coauthored by Kenneth Lipartito
Canada needs a real innovation strategy – now
The Globe and Mail
Op-ed coauthored by Dan Breznitz
Zebra Finches can recognize songs by their beat
Futurity
Profile of work by Aniruddh Patel
August 2021
Ancient lake in Mars’s Gale crater may have actually been a small pond
New Scientist
Profile of work by Joseph Michalski
Prior COVID Infection Doesn't Guarantee Good Immunity: Study
HealthDay
Profile of work by Thomas McDade
The Poop About Your Gut Health and Personalized Nutrition
WIRED
Profile of work by Brett Finlay
Human Brain Patterns May Help Build a Better AI System
Medscape
Profile of work by Blake Richards
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