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An image of elliptical galaxy NGC4696 located at the center of the Centaurus Cluster taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. This image shows dusty filaments surrounding the center of the galaxy.

Astronomy

How do supermassive black holes 'feed' themselves?

Canadian astronomers led by an Université de Montréal professor Julie Hlavacek-Larrondo employ the James Webb Space Telescope to reveal that black holes may be the ultimate "cosmic recyclers."

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“Femcels”—or women who are single against their will—are more likely to suffer from sexual depression than those who are single by choice. They are also more prone to sexual anxiety, which is largely fueled by the fear of abuse by potential partners.

Femcels feel doomed to loneliness

Sexuality • Jul 7th

For Stéphane Potvin, it is essential to avoid conflating psychosis with violence.

Schizophrenia and violence: the brain on high alert

Brain • Jul 6th

The lists of signatories to petitions denouncing the war became a kind of “technology of judgment”: a tool for mutual evaluation. Before signing a petition, people would check the names of those who had signed it before them to make sure that respected colleagues were among them. Friendships were strengthened or broken depending on whether a name appeared on the list or not.

“Stop the war!”: the paradox of "pressure petitions"

Politics • Jun 30th

Across all waves, age and healthcare worker status were the characteristics most strongly associated with the risk of being among the first 25 per cent of cases within a cluster.

In Quebec, young adults were hit first by the pandemic

COVID-19 • Jun 30th

Four UdeM luminaries honoured with an Order of Canada

Awards and honours • Jun 29th

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Claire St-Germain, laboratory coordinator for the Department of Anthropology, introduced young visitors to the collection at the Montreal Osteotheque.

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