Chapais-Chibougamau is a major character in Canada’s mining story. Recognized as the second-largest mining district in Quebec’s portion of the Abitibi belt, Chapais-Chibougamau produced approximately 1.57 million tonnes of…
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Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), often termed as “strong AI”, will give machines the ability to understand, learn, and apply that knowledge on the same level that we do; a…
In Canada, the prevalence of depression and mental health disorders has shown a worrying increase. According to data from 2022, over 5 million Canadians, accounting for 18% of the…
Nevada is part of America’s lithium triangle which extends into California and Oregon. Volcanic and geothermic activity resulted in the creation of lithium-rich brine deposits found in Nevada’s numerous…
Everyone knows about gold mining in Canada, but you may be interested in knowing that mining for copper and gold in the Central Andes, a region stretching across Argentina,…
Heart disease is the leading cause of death for men, women, and people of most racial and ethnic groups in the United States, costing approximately $239.9 billion in 2019 alone due…
Gold mining in the Abitibi region began in the early 1900s and has led to the establishment of more than 124 mines. At least 15 of these mines have…
According to the EPA, 7.6 billion tons of industrial waste is generated every year in the U.S. across a broad spectrum of sectors and over 60% of that goes…
We have become an information society, generating insane amounts of data, with 90% of the world’s data being generated in the last two years. Every day we create an…
Breast cancer is the most diagnosed cancer among Canadian women and is the 2nd leading cause of cancer death. One in eight Canadian women can expect to receive a…