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Understanding how right- or left-hand dominance could open a window into the autistic brain

Most people take for granted which hand they use to reach for a cup of coffee or a puzzle piece. However, a new study out of York University suggests that...

January 19, 2026

10:42 am

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York expert available to talk about Blue Monday and keeping winter blues away

Blue Monday, typically falling on the third Monday in January, has been dubbed ‘the most depressing day of the year.’ While this is more rooted in marketing than science, with...

January 19, 2026

9:21 am

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Canadian astronomers use Webb to uncover Milky Way’s turbulent youth through galactic twins

How galaxies assemble their stars and grow over billions of years remains one of the central questions in astronomy. Recent results from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), including reports...

December 18, 2025

9:00 am

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Yvonne Su for The Globe and Mail: Two typhoons just exposed how brittle our cashless future really is

When the grid collapses, the internet fails, and the signal drops, “cashless” starts to look a lot like “helpless.”

December 18, 2025

9:55 am

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York University unveils new School of Medicine sign

September 3, 2025

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How York University Helped NASA Study Asteroid Bennu

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