How Canada’s new credit card surcharge will affect consumers and businesses
Canada has some of the highest interchange fees in the world. Interchange fees are the fees businesses pay each time their customers pay by credit card.
Ghana’s illegal mining continues because the rules and reality are disconnected
Artisanal and small-scale mining – a low-tech, indigenous mining subsector – is taking on increasing economic importance in many developing countries.
Targeted wastewater surveillance has a history of social and ethical concerns
Wastewater surveillance involves testing sewage to obtain data about a population’s health. While the technique is decades old, it has gained recent international prominence for its ability to predict pandemic surges, detect new SARS-CoV-2 variants and provide useful data when traditional testing methods reach capacity.
A new earthquake warning system will prepare Canada for dangerous shaking
Large earthquakes can wreak enormous violence upon lives, livelihoods, infrastructure and the environment.