Author: Maria Gill

Basic Snacking has become the main factor in obesity in industrialized nations. Eating snacks before bed increases your risk of headaches, stomach pain and diarrhea the next day. Meals in the evening reduce focus and motivation the next day. Eating snacks is harmful to your health. Until it became The main driver of obesity in industrialized countries. Scientists try to understand what makes us want to satiate ourselves with bad foods and argue so It could be caused by certain brain cells. Indulging in cravings for food at night may affect mood and performance at work the next day. This…

The only CEO of the underpaid crown company has been reappointed. Hydro-Quebec President Sophie Brochow saw her renewal as director of Bank of Montreal (BMO) yesterday at the financial institution’s annual shareholder meeting. MI Brochu has served on the BMO Board of Directors since 2011. In 2021, she will receive $ 225,000 USD for her role in the bank, payable in cash and deferred equity value (DDVA). As of February 21, she was in possession of $ 3 million in DDVA, according to a bank compensation circular. Sophie Brochett took control of Hydro-Québec in the midst of a pandemic on…

The “House of Knowledge” is like a collection of stories. Beautiful stories that tell the living in all its freshness. But also, in all its complexities. Arch to marvel at the world’s treasures. In this new episode, let’s take the road to the south. From South Africa we meet the animal king: His Majesty the Lion.You will also be interested [EN VIDÉO] Embryos that yawn in four dimensions Thanks to the 3D ultrasound that we added a time dimension to, scientists have distinguished themselves by yawning in fetuses. By determining frequency based on age, they hope to discover growth defects.…

The mayor of Saint-Jérôme fears that Lion Électrique will choose to build its future battery assembly plant in Mirabell, because Aéroports de Montréal provides it with installation conditions that its municipality cannot compete with. Posted on April 8, 2021 at 6:00 am Antoine TrussartJournalism Janice Belair Roland, Mayor of Saint-Jerome, considers Aéroports de Montréal (ADM), which manages the land around Mirabell Airport, to offer “unfair competition” for her municipality. “We want to denounce them because it is not true that we will let St. Jerome leave,” she said. According to M.I Bélair-Rolland, Lion Électrique received a “golden offer” from ADM…

Few administrative labor court decisions have caused a lot of ink to flow like that issued by Administrative Judge Philippe Bouvier on March 23, 2021. By ordering that health workers assigned to “hot” and “frosty” areas in comprehensive health care centers wear respiratory masks ( The famous N95), it contradicted the analyzes of the National Institute of Public Health of Quebec (INSPQ), according to which the latest scientific data did not prove the superiority of this type of mask compared to the medical (intervention or surgical) mask of the workers involved. This judgment gives the impression that the analysis of…

(Washington) Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Wednesday that the tax hike on US companies that the Biden administration wants to fund infrastructure investments should encourage other countries to follow suit and halt further tax cuts. Posted on April 7, 2021 at 8:46 PM France Media “We are not only putting an end to the United States’ participation in this race to reduce (taxes), but the bill encourages the whole world to abandon this practice,” she stressed. To attract companies to their territories and ensure a competitive environment for them, countries compete for corporate tax rates. And she insisted that…

We remember that the floods of 2017 and 2019 were particularly catastrophic for many residents and some municipalities, such as Gatineau. However, a study by the University of Laval showed that flood damage from ice bottlenecks could increase on average by 30% due to climate change. And when we talk about damage, we are talking about the economy, but also about social and environmental damage. Isabelle Bourgogne talks about it with: Philip JachonAnd Director general Intersectoral Flood Network in Quebec He is a professor in the geography department at UQAM. He is also Director of the Center for the Study…

This article was republished from France Conversation Nearly 10 years ago, in 2012, the scientific world was amazed at the exploits of deep learning ( Deep learning). Three years later, this technology allowed AlphaGo to run Defeat the Go Champions. Some feared. Elon Musk, Stephen Hawking and Bill Gates were concerned about the approaching end of humanity, which would be replaced by an AI that would get out of control.Wasn’t that a bit of a stretch? This is exactly what the AI ​​thinks. In an article he has Written in 2020 in a Watchman, GPT-3, this giant neural network of…

Of the 533 million Facebook users whose personal data could be accessed for free on hacking websites due to a leak dating back to 2019, there are nearly 3.5 million Canadians, according to lists currently circulating online. duty Consulted. These lists contain several pieces of information, including phone numbers, city of residence, job or employer’s name, marital status, and the gender of Internet users. Business Insider reported having these listings on Saturday. A Facebook spokesperson confirmed that this data comes from a leak caused by a defect that the network corrected in 2019. The vulnerability reaches users in 106 countries,…

The Images of Science format allows you to decode an image of particular interest from a scientific point of view, describe it and understand its challenges. Since mid-March 2021, the blue waves have stunned California residents Laguna Beach. Although this phenomenon peaked annually in the spring of 2020. Then the Pacific Ocean was streaked with scarlet red during the day, giving way to brilliant waves of bright blue light. By night, Under amazed eyes Observers. The phenomenon of red tides during the day and incandescent at night is the result of the massive proliferation of red micro-algae. Lingolodinium polydraIt is…