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Alex Hutchinson

Alex Hutchinson is a fitness and travel writer, and a frequent Walrus contributor. He writes the Globe and Mail’s Jockology column.
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The Food Science Behind Endurance

February 8, 2018May 6, 2021 - by Alex Hutchinson

Why Olympic race walkers tested high-fat versus high-carb diets

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Health / October 2013

Hand Sanitizer

November 15, 2013July 4, 2016 - by Alex Hutchinson

I don’t know how you celebrated this year’s national hand hygiene day, but the festivities were a bit muted at my place. I gave up on the themed crossword after …

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July/August 2013 / Technology

Quantum Leap

July 3, 2013July 13, 2016 - by Alex Hutchinson

We have finally made a quantum computer. But will it change anything?

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Illustration by Ryan Heshka
June 2013 / Technology

Call of the Wild

May 22, 2013December 19, 2019 - by Alex Hutchinson

You can now use a cellphone in the remotest places on earth—if you really want to

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Illustration by Holly Wales
Feature / July/August 2012

The Race against Time

July 12, 2012May 29, 2020 - by Alex Hutchinson

Pushing the limits of brain science could bring Canadian marathoners Olympic glory

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April 2011 / Books

Intelligence Deficit

April 12, 2011April 14, 2020 - by Alex Hutchinson

What will happen when computers become smarter than people?

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April 2010 / Theatre

The Puppet Master and the Apprentice

April 12, 2010April 15, 2020 - by Alex Hutchinson

One of the world’s great puppeteers finds renewal — for himself and his art form — in mentorship

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Feature / January/February 2010

Faster, Higher, Sneakier

January 12, 2010April 15, 2020 - by Alex Hutchinson

Does Canada’s “Top Secret” sports technology program undermine the Olympic spirit?

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December 2009 / Science

Mind Over Matter

December 12, 2009July 17, 2019 - by Alex Hutchinson

Keeping a place for thought experiments in an empirical age

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Feature / November 2009

Global Impositioning Systems

November 12, 2009April 15, 2020 - by Alex Hutchinson

Is GPS technology actually harming our sense of direction?

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