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Our Community: Senior plans to walk 104 laps to match his age; lawn bowling club turns 100

Our Community: Senior plans to walk 104 laps to match his age; lawn bowling club turns 100

Geoff Johnson: Division between math and literature is recent and artificial

Geoff Johnson: Division between math and literature is recent and artificial

Good mathematics, like good writing or good music, involves an appreciation of structure, rhythm and pattern.
Charla Huber: Territorial acknowledgements will one day be as normal as not smoking in public spaces

Charla Huber: Territorial acknowledgements will one day be as normal as not smoking in public spaces

Our society continues to evolve, and things that were once acceptable will one day be shunned. The first person who said we shouldn’t smoke on airplanes probably faced a lot of pushback.
Trevor Hancock: Population growth is only part of the problem

Trevor Hancock: Population growth is only part of the problem

We need to slow growth in our overall consumption, especially in the high-income countries and populations where it is highest and most damaging
Our Community: Learn about endangered prairie ecosystems; Foundry seeks funds for move

Our Community: Learn about endangered prairie ecosystems; Foundry seeks funds for move

The Habitat Acquisition Trust is launching a series of free workshops to raise awareness of endangered prairie ecosystems in the region; Victoria Foundry is moving into a space that’s twice the size of its existing digs
The race to understand how kelp forests dampen ocean noise — before it's too late

The race to understand how kelp forests dampen ocean noise — before it's too late

As kelp forests decline, scientists worry sensitive sea creatures are losing a sanctuary from sonic overload
Charla Huber: Imagine a world where rest doesn't have to be earned

Charla Huber: Imagine a world where rest doesn't have to be earned

The book How to Keep House While Drowning sends the message that everyone deserves a break, whether they’ve ‘earned’ it or not
Trevor Hancock: It's not population growth but inequality that's the problem

Trevor Hancock: It's not population growth but inequality that's the problem

Earth4All says population size is not the prime driver of exceeding planetary boundaries — it’s the extremely high material footprint levels among the world’s richest 10 per cent
Geoff Johnson: Becoming a better learner starts with figuring out how you learn

Geoff Johnson: Becoming a better learner starts with figuring out how you learn

Learning how you learn best can help develop the ability to transfer learning from one context to another and from short-term memory to long-term memory
Monique Keiran: Take your time with that dark chocolate bunny

Monique Keiran: Take your time with that dark chocolate bunny

Researchers have found that some dark chocolate contains disconcertingly high amounts of cadmium and lead, so it’s best to eat small portions at a time.
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